Despaties Quotes & Sayings

You said that you wanted to put us upon a reservation, to build us houses and make us medicine lodges. I was born where there were no enclosures and everything drew a free breath. I want to die there and not within walls. — Ten Bears

At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness. — Charles Duhigg

Scott Fitzgerald wrote that the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time is the sign of a first-rate intelligence. Something similar applies in foreign policy. Ford Fraker, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, describes the alliance as "a long-term marriage founded on fundamental interests and principles". — Anonymous

You're like this little blip of light that lasts for a very brief time and you can shine as brightly as you choose. — Sean Faircloth

It is hardest to kill the man who has the most to live for.' He took a pretend shot. 'The empty, the soulless, the hate-filled enemies drop like flies. Those who love, and love hard, are the ones left standing. — Catherine Doyle

He is here. Aegon has been shaped for rule since before he could walk. He has been trained in — George R R Martin

Memory ... is the diary that we all carry about with us. — Oscar Wilde

We live with the key purpose of receiving the approval of those around us because we don't know who we are in reality — Sunday Adelaja

I'm only going to say this once," I say to tattoo guy.
"Leave me alone."
"Or what?" he asks.
Thought you'd never ask. — Christine Fonseca

Author relates the reaction of an Irish village to a landowner who tried to raise rents on the land's occupants. The villagers refused to talk to or trade with the man, whose name was Captain Boycott. — Patrick N. Allitt

I wished I could take her to the library and hand her over to the librarians. Please teach her about everything, I'd say. — A.S. King

Apparently you haven't gotten the memo. I am the Ice Man. Rude, honest to the point of brutal and emotionally unavailable. Women aren't exactly throwing themselves at me." A pause. "Anymore. — Gena Showalter

Detective Virgil and Barlow [bomb-technician] arranged to meet at the Starbucks. Virgil got a grande hot chocolate, no-fat milk, no foam, no whipped cream, and Barlow got a venti latte with an extra shot. As they took a corner table, Virgil said, "Remind me not to stand next to you if you're handling a bomb. That much caffeine, you gotta be shakin' like a hundred-dollar belly dancer."
"At least I'm not drinking like a little girl," Barlow said. — John Sandford

Oh, crapola. Don't get your panties in such a twist ... and give me back mine. I glare at him. — E.L. James

Anyone who's working in manufacturing here should know they will have increased opportunities if we leave the European Union. — Michael Gove