Desafortunado Quotes & Sayings

She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality. — Isabel Allende

Be not cast down. If ye saw Him who is standing on the shore, holding out His arms to welcome you to land, ye would wade, not only through a sea of wrongs, but through hell itself to be with Him. — Samuel Rutherford

Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars over his disappointment, and in the
fulness of time he got used to it. — Henry James

The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras. — K'naan

The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing. — Kate Reardon

Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say. — Mark Zandi

Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun. — Woody Allen

I look suspicious if I dress in sort of benign clothes, going to the airport. — Ariel Pink

It's not the win that matters so much as recognizing and respecting its value. — Lorii Myers

After my time working for the government as a soldier, I reacquainted myself with the possibilities of government as a force for good beyond its awesome capacity as a force in war and security. — Wes Moore

Because for all the changes, some things were immutable truths: friendship transcends all barriers, understanding trumps fear, and great power can always be surmounted by determination. — Kim Harrison

However, a well-developed sense of ethics and a well-developed stock portfolio are not always tightly correlated. — Zach Weinersmith

You managed to finish what you began even though you did not foresee all the traps along the way. And when your enthusiasm waned because of the difficulties you encountered, you reached for discipline. And when discipline seemed about to disappear because you were tired, you used your moments of repose to think about what steps you needed to take in the future. You — Paulo Coelho