Disjam Quotes & Sayings

Typewriter keys can't be blamed because of what has been typed on the typewriter; the one who committed the crime is the one who used the typewriter; the one who typed on the keyboard! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Somewhere beyond the curtain Of distorting days Lives that lonely thing That shone before these eyes Targeted, trod like Spring. — William Butler Yeats

Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success. — Napoleon Hill

The crisis of democracy as when normally passive and apathetic populations become organized and seek to enter the political arena to pursue their interests and demands, threatening stability and order. — Noam Chomsky

He had long observed with disapprobation and contempt the superstition which governed Madrid's inhabitants. His good sense had pointed out to him the artifices of the monks, and the gross absurdity of their miracles, wonders, and suppositious relics. He blushed to see his countrymen, the dupes of deceptions, so ridiculous, and only wished for an opportunity to free them from their monkish fetters. That opportunity, so long desired in vain, was at length presented to him. He resolved not to let it slip, but to set before the people, in glaring colours, how enormous were the abuses but too frequently practised in monasteries, and how unjustly public esteem was bestowed indiscriminately upon all who wore a religious habit. He longed for the moment destined to unmask the hypocrites, and convince his countrymen, that a sanctified exterior does not always hide a virtuous heart. — Matthew Gregory Lewis

England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing the world of others ... I loved them: George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens ... I adopted them passionately. — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

pavement artist - you — Ally Carter

The key for me is keeping it simple, with an emphasis on the best skincare rather than makeup. — Mathilde Thomas

I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else. — Marc Behm

The opportunity to serve our country - that is all we ask. — John Smith

Anna did a double take as the tall brute actually smiled. Perfect white teeth were revealed by his killer grin. — Elena Kincaid