Dakes Reference Quotes & Sayings

What strange times we live in, when good must disguise itself in the tawdry rags of evil! — Amin Maalouf

What we need to understand is, one, that there are market failures; and two, that there are things like asset bubbles and irrational exuberance. There are periods of booms, bubbles, and manias. These things, if left to themselves, can lead to crashes, to busts, to panics. — Nouriel Roubini

Well I think it is often the case that the biggest bullies take what they know to be their own defects, as they see it, and they put them right on someone else and then they try and destroy the other and that's what Voldemort does. — J.K. Rowling

They address an Eclipse every morning, whom they call their "Father." — Emily Dickinson

Under stress, they seek composure above all. But they do not find equanimity. — Sherry Turkle

One need not write in a diary what one is to remember for ever. — Sylvia Townsend Warner

When you pray, things remain the same, but you begin to be different. The same thing when a man falls in love, his circumstances and conditions remain the same, but he has a sovereign preference in his heart for another person which transfigures everything! — Oswald Chambers

The world of book is the stream of souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When I was little, we moved around a lot, actually. In second grade, I think I went to three different schools. We were in Nevada and Oregon and as well as a few different places in Nebraska. I did go to high school in the same town. — Emily Kinney

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Even as a kid, I was more enchanted watching Bette Davis than Errol Flynn. — Richard LaGravenese

When I die," he continued, "you're next in line."
"Do you actually believe I'll outlive you?" West asked. "With my vices?"
"I have just as many."
"Yes, but I'm far more enthusiastic about mine. — Lisa Kleypas

When I think of my past, I try to dwell on the good times, the happy moments, and not to be haunted by the bad ... To me the gift of life is contained in the command, whatever happens: "Don't let it get you. Just keep on going." Thus, I try to think of the good that I have already experienced and what will still be coming. — Rose Kennedy

...the past/that has a place for us will know us by our scattered wake."
A History Play,Waterborne — Linda Gregerson

I need to find out who I am without him. — Abby McDonald