Discworld Patrician Quotes & Sayings

Life isn't fair," comes the voice of Nana. She has told me that a thousand times. "What matters is how you handle it." I'm going to handle it by winning. — Carolyn Lee Adams

I think he's aging like fine wine. — Claire Contreras

Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All men (including women) are created equal' and are afforded unalienable rights. Way to go, Mr. President! Stand up for what you believe and for the people of this country. — Barack Obama

This constitution is full of mines that are going to explode. The articles stipulated in this constitution will have grave consequences if they are submitted to a referendum. This constitution will lead to a weak Iraq that is unable to defend itself. — Saleh Al-Mutlaq

She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound. — Raymond Chandler

My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together. — Valerie Jarrett

By God! I will not tell you more to-day, Judge any way you will - what matters it? — William Morris

I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace. — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Misery is the stuff of comedy, if one can just live long enough to get over it. — Charles Platt

My list would be Russia, Morocco, Turkey, and South Africa I'm doing which is somewhere I've wanted to go, Australia, Japan maybe, and China, if I have the energy to go and play at all those places. — A.R. Rahman

It is all true, or it ought to be; and more and better besides. — Winston S. Churchill

It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more easily into speech. — Deborah Eisenberg

Happiness does not depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude — Dale Carnegie

And I wish that I was made of stone
So that I would not have to see
A beauty impossible to define
A beauty impossible to believe
A beauty impossible to endure
The blood imparted in little sips
The smell of you still on my hands
As I bring the cup up to my lips
No God up in the sky
No devil beneath the sea
Could do the job that you did, baby
Of bringing me to my knees — Nick Cave

My greatest wish is that a certain way of looking at the world, a way I show in all of my books, gets into my readers' heads, and slowly alters their perception. — Robert Greene