Dissever Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

The success of a civilization is measured not just in its aesthetic achievements but also, and surely more importantly, in the duration and quality of life of its citizens. — Niall Ferguson

Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven. — Nevada Barr

I'd like to give people the hope and help I didn't have and that I had to learn by myself. — Jessica White

And every moment one expects the sky to fling a barrage from clouds so leaden they hang low across the city roofs and drown the horizon. — Anne Perry

Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way. — John Otway

My father had always called me Sam since the day I was born. He rarely ever called me Tiger. I would ask him, 'Why don't you ever call me Tiger?' He says, 'Well, you look more like a Sam. — Tiger Woods

As Frederick Douglass said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. — Joshua Wolf Shenk

I know of nothing uglier or more saddening than a machine-flailed hedge. It speaks of the disdain of nature and craft that still dominates our agriculture. — Roger Deakin

Each time a thought came knocking on the door of her mind, she viewed it cautiously. Was it true? Was it honorable? Was it pure or lovely? Was it of good repute? — Francine Rivers

The allocation of the best jobs, just like that of the best apartments, tends to piggyback social networks. — Cesar Hidalgo

Things were changing; I was changing. All swelling limbs and sweating brain, suddenly I had more body than I knew what to do with. Arms and legs became the prey of low desktops and narrow corridors, were ambushed by sharp corners. Mr Baxter ignored my plight. Bodies were inimical to mathematics, or so we were led to believe. Bad hair, acrid breath, lumpy skin, all vanished for an hour every Tuesday and Thursday. Young minds in the buff soared into the sphere of pure reason. Pages turned to parallelograms; cities, circumferences; recipes, ratios. Shorn of our bearings, we groped our way around in this rarefied air. — Daniel Tammet

Art is a wicked thing. It is what we are. — Georgia O'Keeffe

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them. — Dwayne Johnson