Dee Caffari Quotes & Sayings

The Persian Version
Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon
The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.
As for the Greek theatrical tradition
Which represents that summer's expedition
Not as a mere reconnaisance in force
By three brigades of foot and one of horse
(Their left flank covered by some obsolete
Light craft detached from the main Persian fleet)
But as a grandiose, ill-starred attempt
To conquer Greece - they treat it with contempt;
And only incidentally refute
Major Greek claims, by stressing what repute
The Persian monarch and the Persian nation
Won by this salutary demonstration:
Despite a strong defence and adverse weather
All arms combined magnificently together. — Robert Graves

All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet — Edith Hamilton

The longer he lived, the more Tyrion realized that nothing was simple and little was true. — George R R Martin

Is death such a high price to pay, when you will die anyway? — Laurell K. Hamilton

Those who know how to think need no teachers. — Mahatma Gandhi

I think it's OK to play to your strengths, and if I have a quality of Englishness that people like, I won't hide that. I'm probably not going to play a junkie and that's OK because there are other people who will do it better. A view that's been held for a long time is that the best way to prove oneself as an actor is to play the grittiest roles out there. I don't agree with that. — Rosamund Pike

An obedient child learns from the example of an obedient parent. — Jim George

A thing can't exist in people's minds until it has a name. But with a name, it can exist in people's minds without existing at all. You should always come up with a name before you set out to create anything. — Daniel Suarez

I was a ravenous child. I'm a ravenous adult. I love to eat. — Nadia Giosia

No one is exempt from the touch of tragedy: neither the Christian nor the non-Christian; neither the rich nor the poor; neither the leader or the commoner. Crossing all racial, social, political, and economic barriers, suffering reaches out to unite mankind. — Billy Graham

To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected — Thomas Paine

Just beacause I'm wearing revealing clothes doesn't mean I'm inviting them to look. — Cora Reilly

No, I'm not clever. I've always cared more for people than for ideas. — Virginia Woolf

I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting but whatever it's worth I did it. — Yves Saint-Laurent