Devetletka Quotes & Sayings

Ever since the Reformation, the case of legislation confining Catholics had been constructed primarily to protect a nervously Protestant against what was assumed to be a fifth column in its midst ... Ministers believedm with some justice, that Catholics retained an attachment to their exiled co-religionists, the princes of the House of Stuart. After the Battle of Culloden had confirmed Jacobitism's insignificance, however, government attitudes towards Catholicism began perceptibly and logically to relax. — Linda Colley

One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that bureaucrats survive. — Gerald R. Ford

The cultivation of a willingness to defy, debunk, or just plain old disappoint one's parents, that is the absolute precondition, now more than ever, for intellectual and emotional freedom. — Julie Lythcott-Haims

Before I finished another level of Scientology auditing, I had a very hard time with being wrong and I always had to have my own way - and not in a good sense. After auditing, I was able to have my thoughts, communicate them and not have to be right all the time. — Danny Masterson

Baltimore is a great place. — Julie Bowen

Hey! D'you guys hear Dr. Atkins died? Slipped on some ice, hit his head, died on life support. The man who invented the all-meat diet ... died a vegetable. That's a damn good joke. But that joke's like a Toyota Camry - reliable, not inspiring. — Christopher Titus

If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene. — Henry Rollins

He broke the kiss. "If you don't stop," he murmured, "I'm going to come in your hand." She met his eyes. Hers were gold and dazzling with heavy lids when she whispered, "I'll lick you off my fingers. — Skye Jordan

Not that I dislike McDonalds, but things must be pretty bad in Moscow if people are willing to wait three hours for large fries. — Mark Patinkin

The turtles and birds who lived on the islands were also very friendly, as they hardly ever saw any humans and were always pleased to have some company. — Alexander McCall Smith

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else. — Catherynne M Valente

Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story. — Greg Boyle

There is, if you don't mind my saying so, something sinister about men who avoid wine, games, the company of charming women, and good dinner-table conversation. People like that are either seriously ill or they secretly disdain their fellow men. — Mikhail Bulgakov