Desquiciar Quotes & Sayings

Criticism is the fountainhead of control. — Susan Forward

Under the stress of the event, we felt, each man's true nature was revealed. The impression we had of each candidate's character was as direct and compelling as the color of the sky." He had had no trouble identifying which men would make good officers and which would not. "We were quite willing to declare, 'This one will never make it,' 'That fellow is rather mediocre,' or 'He will be a star.'" The problem came when he'd tested his predictions against the outcomes - how the various candidates had actually performed in officer training. His predictions were worthless. And yet, because it was the army and he had a job to do, he kept on making them; and because he was Danny, he noted that he still felt confident about them. — Michael Lewis

Boy-meets-girl has always been an irreducible convention that occurs early in the telling, to be followed by the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of love. — Robert McKee

For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain? — Joyce Carol Oates

The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings. — E. O. Wilson

I don't like to talk about my personal life. — Javier Bardem

Oh foul magnificence, sublime disgrace. — Charles Baudelaire

If one sees only unloveliness in others, it is because unloveliness is a strong element in himself. The light he throws on others is generated in his own soul and sees them as he chooses to see them. — Ernest Holmes

It's very unusual for scenes to be added for a character. — Jennifer Ehle

If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy. — Corrie Ten Boom

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. — James Madison