Donosioc Quotes & Sayings

In the present day, when popular literature is running into the low levels of life, and luxuriating on the vices and follies of mankind; and when the universal pursuit of gain is trampling down the early growth of poetic feeling, and wearing out the verdure of the soul, I question whether it would not be of service for the reader occasionally to turn to these records of prouder times and loftier modes of thinking; and to steep himself to the very lips in old Spanish romance. — Washington Irving

If you're insinuating that my personal hygiene is not up to the same high standard as yours you can go suck my galoshes. — Alan Bradley

It was strange, in a way, because there were no ideas involved in the laser that weren't already known by somebody 25 years before lasers were discovered. The ideas were all there; just, nobody put it together. — Charles H. Townes

I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer. — Cristiano Ronaldo

Instead,I watched myself get shot on tv — Suzanne Collins

The thorns, ruthless in their protection of the beauty they upheld, tore at my skin, bleeding me like a vampire's victim and no doubt loving every moment of it. The vines snaked around my hands and arms trying to cut the circulation of blood. — Alistair Cross

Musical harmony is based on physical principles, while in cooking, ingredients must be weighed out with precision. At the same time, you have to be able to invent because if one follows the same recipe all the time, you never create anything new. — Fabiola Gianotti

This is what happens when people die. They start to disappear if you don't watch it. Not all at once, but a piece here, a piece there. — Jennifer Niven

Words can," Susan said. "And tone of voice. You're just so goddamned autonomous that you won't explain yourself to anybody. — Robert B. Parker

I'll want to hear,' Samuel said. 'I eat stories like grapes. — John Steinbeck