De Vita Beata Quotes & Sayings

I would enter your sleep if I could, and guard you there, and slay the thing that hounds you, as I would if it had the courage to face me in fair daylight. But I cannot come in unless you dream of me. Before — Peter S. Beagle

Shall he who soars, inspired by loftier views,
Life's little cares and little pains refuse?
Shall he not rather feel a double share
Of mortal woe, when doubly arm'd to bear? — George Crabbe

A champion, he said, wins a World Series or an Olympic and is hoisted on the shoulders of teammates and fans. A hero carries the people on his shoulders. Champions live for the moment- heroes, like Jackie Robinson, transcend time. — Sharon Robinson

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do. — Jim Lehrer

Is my strike zone bigger than others? Yeah. It might be bigger than others, but I don't have a problem with it. — Kurt Busch

First time I saw an alligator gar I damn near threw up. They ain't natural anything get that big. It's ten feet long and three feet at the girth. Not one of God's creations like you and meSome say they ain't afraid of alligator gar fish. Bullshit. You look at that thing. It's big and mean. Swallow both of us. Them people say they ain't afraid tellin' lies. — Bukka White

Before I became a Muslim, I ate pork and chased women
but all that stuff stopped. — Muhammad Ali

Fuck yeah," he answered. "The mistakes we make in life don't define us, Amy. The way we handle 'em after makin' 'em do. — Kristen Ashley

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating. — Michael Landon

I learned very early in life that: 'Without a song, the day would never end; without a friend, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend-without a song.' So I keep singing a song. — Elvis Presley

Not of exhaustion, but surrender, as though he had given over and relinquished completely that grip upon that blending of pride and hope and vanity and fear, that strength to cling to either defeat or victory, which is the I-Am, and the relinquishment of which is usually death. — William Faulkner

Dammit," Holden said after he'd killed the connection. "You ever get the sense that the universe is out to get you?" "Sometimes I get the sense that the universe is out to get you," Amos said with a grin. "It's fun to watch. — James S.A. Corey