Dilled Quotes & Sayings

Countries under foreign command quickly forget their history, their past, their tradition, their national symbols, their way of living, often their own literary language. — Slobodan Milosevic

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. — Napoleon Hill

I try to find more education in the sport while helping people who are trying to be better at whatever they are trying to achieve. That is probably the thing I love most about coaching. — Robin Farina

Don't wait for someone else to validate you. Validate yourself. — Steven Pressfield

In the forestlichen writhes and assembles itself into signs to light my path through the deep dark north shadow; and I emerge at last onto a hillside strewn with logogrammatic stones, and scramble away from spruce tops." in the poem "Beyond the Beacon" from Terra Affirmative. — Jay Woodman

It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size. — Aristophanes

The calendar of the Theocracy of Muntab counts down, not up. No-one knows why, but it might not be a good idea to hang around and find out. — Terry Pratchett

Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion. — Richard E. Byrd

Nim unwrapped a loaf of fresh dilled rye bread and opened a crock of trout mousse. He slathered up a big slice and handed it to me. [ ... ] We had thinly sliced veal smothered in kumquat sauce, fresh spinach with pine nuts, and fat red beefsteak tomatoes (impossibly rare at this time of year) broiled and stuffed with lemon apple sauce. The wide, fan-shaped mushrooms were sauteed lightly and served as a side dish. The main course was followed by a salad of red and green baby lettuce with dandelion greens and toasted hazelnuts. — Katherine Neville

Advertising ... is a parasitic activity; it forces goods for which there is no real need or demand on a foolish or even a reluctant public, always by appealing to their lower instincts. — Ann Bridge

I like being able to tape things and then having them home waiting for you, but just dealing with the Time Warner Cable people will drive you insane. — Amy Heckerling

The dialogue fills the auditorium like an unrefrigerated boxcar of month-old steaks. — David Sedaris

As J.J. has said many times, when you start a series you want to have a destination. It's like driving a car, when you pull out of your garage and you head out driving down the road, you have a destination, okay? — Bryan Burk

The new spirituality will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.' — Neale Donald Walsch