Dirty Beaver Quotes & Sayings

It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers. — Robert Wilson Lynd

Among the admirable achievements of Hannibal is included in this: that although he led a huge army, made up of countless different races, on foreign campaigns, there was never any dissension, either among the troops themselves or against their leader, whether things were going well or badly. For this, inhuman cruelty was wholly responsible. It was this, along with his countless other qualities, which made him feared and respected by his soldiers. If it had not been for his cruelty, his other qualities would not have been enough. The historians, having given little thought to this, on the one hand admire what Hannibal achieved, and on the other condemn what made his achievements possible. — Niccolo Machiavelli

They were the same height and weight, and could wear each other's clothes. But Lev had charm by the ton. He was unreliable and selfish, and he lived on the edge of the law, but women adored him. Grigori was honest and dependable, a hard worker and a serious thinker, and he was single. It would — Ken Follett

An attitudinal sea change. I think that's the hardest one to fix. Presidential directives, bills, provisions can all be rescinded, repealed, amended, but attitudes linger. The hardest thing is going to be to try to reverse an attitude, a bunker mentality that equates secrecy with either security or heightened efficiency and that regards transparency as an invitation to mischief and trespass. This default position of operating in the shadows is going to be somewhat appealing to whomever inherits office. — Ted Gup

No, no. I trust your judgement. Implicitly. You're just wrong. — Hy Conrad

tried to keep smiling. Truc took the beer from her and stood there in the pale rectangle of light. The dogs were quiet beside — Kristin Hannah

He who makes his law a curse, by his own law shall surely die. — William Blake

You must not judge hastily or vulgarly of Snobs: to do so shows that you are yourself a Snob. — William Makepeace Thackeray

I'm a pirate princess," I told them, "And no matter how far inland you take me, my heart will always belong to the sea. — Catherine Banks

The cuisine, it is all about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity. — Pierre Gagnaire

Pressure is something you put on yourself. — Bill Cowher