Depsise Quotes & Sayings

He made all countries where he came his own. — John Dryden

Perfection may be an island out of reach, but setting your sails toward it makes for a magnificent voyage. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I was the nicest person you'd ever want to know," Alex recalls, "but the world wasn't that way. The problem was that if you were just a nice person, you'd get crushed. I refused to live a life where people could do that stuff to me. — Susan Cain

In spite of this, our table's status on the Oronsay continued to be minimal, while those at the Captain's Table were constantly toasting to one another's significance. That was a small lesson I learned on the journey. What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at the head table, held together by familiar rhetoric. Those who already have power continue to glide along in the familiar rut they have made for themselves. — Michael Ondaatje

Truth is a nebulous thing. There are certain, definite truths, but the truth of our lives goes far beyond facts. — Yann Martel

Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Having the opportunity to play a strong woman is a good one. — Kari Matchett

Whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, u who gives his Holy Spirit to you. — Anonymous

To me, the more bizarre the character, the more I'm attracted to it. — James Marsden

Then she turned for the great mouth of a door, and by the time it inhaled her, she was a much older woman. — John Hart

Books whose topics I thoroughy depsise are accapteble because they often force the reader to think and to examine his own beliefs. In an age where most people are either blindly obedient or radical, exposing oneself to the ideas contained in even the most controversial of books is a good thing. — Tiffini Johnson

Caravaggio was constantly diverted by the human element during burglaries. Breaking into a house during Christmas, he would become annoyed if the Advent calendar had not been opened up to the date to which it should have been. — Michael Ondaatje

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. — Chuck Palahniuk

I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function. — Donald Norman

I truly value the cinema experience, the tribal gathering in the dark to watch something larger than life. I like to sit in the first row with no heads in front of mine, and become one with the screen. I always stay for the complete credits so I can linger in the film's story just a little longer. — Pamela Yates

The moment that changed me for ever was when I had my first seminar with my history professor at the University of Sussex. I realised that history would answer all the questions I had spent my life asking. It was an extraordinary moment. — Philippa Gregory