Derzhavin Quotes & Sayings

All very well for a dull sort of girl to hitch her wheel to a man's wagon, but consider yourself warned, men enjoy a bit of sport, and they all like to catch the brightest prize, but once they do? That's when the fun and games end. His games, her fun. — Kate Morton

'I don't know why you stuck with me. I just wanted to be worth it, that's all.' — Amy Lane

I can't. You can't rewrite the past. — Jay Asher

It may be the best that Hillary Clinton can do, but it's not the best America can do. — Jeb Bush

The maniacal lunatics in control of our society know exactly how human beings tick and they are masters at manipulation. — Bruce McDonald

To have intelligence there must be freedom, and you cannot be free if you are constantly being urged to become like some hero, for then the hero is important and not you. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

She had wailed loudly enough to wake the dead and make them call the cops. — Ilona Andrews

I'm young, I'm handsome, I'm fast, I'm pretty, and can't possibly be beat. They must fall in the round I call. — Muhammad Ali

Isn't there still one other possibility ... ," I said, "our persuading you that you must let us go? — Plato

Though the cross and everything leading up to it violate our sensibilities and we are rightly aghast, the reality is that human beings have never liked God very much. At the cross, the nature of God was most fully revealed. As a result, human contempt was also most fully revealed and brought to a laser-like focus and intensity. — Edward T. Welch

The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion - but working with it, seeing it from the enlightened point of view. — Chogyam Trungpa

These days, most Americans who are unashamedly prejudiced know better than to say so, except to a secure, like-minded audience, given that many people live and work in environments where they can be slapped on the wrist, publicly humiliated, or sacked for saying anything that smacks of an "ism." However, just as it takes mental effort to maintain a prejudice despite conflicting information, it takes mental effort to suppress those negative feelings. Social psychologists Chris Crandall and Amy Eshelman, reviewing the huge research literature on prejudice, found that whenever people are emotionally depleted - when they are sleepy, frustrated, angry, anxious, drunk, or stressed - they become more willing to express their real prejudices toward another group. — Anonymous

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is. — Johan Cruijff

I have to think of all the possibilities, doctor. Even a crime of passion is possible.' 'Passion?' the doctor smiled. 'I am an Englishman. — Graham Greene

I saw Derzhavin only once in my life but shall never forget that occasion. It was in 1815 at a public examination in the Lyceum. When we boys learned Derzhavin was coming, all of us grew excited. Delvig went out on the stairs to wait for him and kiss his hand, the hand that had written 'The Waterfall.' Derzhavin arrived. Derzhavin entered the vestibule, and Delvig heard him ask the janitor: 'Where is the privy here, my good fellow?' This prosaic question disenchanted Delvig, who canceled his intent and returned to the reception hall. Delvig told me the story with wonderful bonhomie and good humor. — Alexander Pushkin