Distinguido In English Quotes & Sayings

A world remains of which man is the sole master. What bound him was the illusion of another world. — Albert Camus

A passenger isn't supposed to concern himself with the running of the ship; that is being taken care of by the crew, anonymous creatures down in the engine-room or up on deck, whom he never meets. But, in this case, I wasn't really a passenger. I was like a lazy or scared or drunken captain lying shut in his cabin when he ought to be on the bridge, giving orders. Sooner or later, I would have to come out and assume command and decide where we were going.
But not yet, I told the crew. You don't need me yet. Can't you see I'm sick? You're doing all right without me. Sure, I'll come, when we get near land. Just let me lie here a little longer. Leave me alone, can't you? Let me sleep. — Christopher Isherwood

He started that game of making up stories about strangers. He wrote stories for a living, and he always said the stories seemed like a way to hide ourselves while revealing others, but really we were only revealing ourselves. And so, we would look back on the stories we made up and figure out what they meant about us. — Ron Bass

I thought, you know, I would probably not have seen that. On the other hand, he's obviously completely telling the truth. So, then what is that? That's - I wanted to explore that. And then I wanted to talk about how ideas are born. And the big question that the book asks in a number of ways about a number of things is that. How does a new idea come into the world? — Salman Rushdie

I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap. — Kevin Rudd

A man can buy nothing in the market with gentility. — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

The mightiest miracle is strength positive mindset. — Lailah Gifty Akita

he is blind in his love
and he sees
no other beauty
save her he loves
who will cost him his life — Vasko Popa

An enemy is defeated by keeping quite, a demon by a prayer. — Andries Kumalo

Study is the child of silence and mystery. — Henri Murger

Freedom means the right to assemble, organize, and debate openly. It means not taking citizens away from their loved ones and jailing them, mistreating them, or denying them their freedom or dignity because of peaceful expression of their ideas and opinions. — Hillary Clinton

My last vivid boyhood fright from books came when I was 15; I was visiting my uncle and aunt in Greenwich, and, emboldened by my success with 'The Waste Land,' I opened their copy of 'Ulysses.' The whiff of death off those remorseless, closely written pages overpowered me. So: back to soluble mysteries, and jokes that were not cosmic. — John Updike

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable. — Miguel De Cervantes

Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust. — John Wilmot