Demientieff Quotes & Sayings

In life's work, bliss and sacrifice are two sides of the same coin, complementary opposites. — Laurence Boldt

[There's] something we should never forget; while others display their heroism in battle or against the Germans, our helpers prove theirs every day by their good spirits and affection. — Anne Frank

I hooked the condom out with the end of a spoon and dropped it into the bottom of a white bin-bag, where it lay, dried out and brown, as transparent as old human skin. — Mo Hayder

I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I'd said something that was going to make someone feel bad, well, that supersedes everything. — Eugene Levy

Only in another sort of pinfold than that from which she had been released. Lydgate's advice — George Eliot

We need leaders who can meet and adapt to new challenges, build strategic partnerships, build and sustain human capital organizations, and have the courage to act and react to the challenges — Thomas Narofsky

Rather, very, little, pretty
these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the adjective little (except to indicate size) is particularly debilitating; we should all try to do a little better, we should all be very watchful of this rule, for it is a rather important one, and we are pretty sure to violate it now and then. — William Strunk Jr.

I don't want to be involved with an actor because I know how they are. I've had problems in the past being with guys who haven't had any success or haven't made as much money, and it's very uncomfortable. — Kaley Cuoco

The idea that anybody might be allowed to use their common sense when clearly no harm is being done is part of history now. — Tom Stoppard

Forest is forest. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Their trade was not life, but death. They have eaten the fruit of the tree they grew for others to eat. — Louis De Bernieres

You have to work for love, you have to earn it, and you sure as hell have to maintain it. — Meghan Quinn

The bus had a lavatory in the wayback rear, which no one ever made any attempt to use, and I remember consciously deciding to trust that the passengers had good reason for not using it instead of venturing in and discovering that reason for myself. — David Foster Wallace

People say, it is so special to be loved by someone. How can I say, when I've never been loved. — M.F. Moonzajer

Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.