Dreka Quotes & Sayings

Why do so many people yearn for an eternal life when they don't even know what to do with themselves in this brief one? — Sydney J. Harris

A prince, therefore, ought always to take counsel, but only when he wishes and not when others wish; he ought rather to discourage every one from offering advice unless he asks it; but, however, he ought to be a constant inquirer, and afterwards a patient listener concerning the things of which he inquired; also, on learning that any one, on any consideration, has not told him the truth, he should let his anger be felt. — Niccolo Machiavelli

First I opened a check account. I looked at the - I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bought some bonds. It was a bond. When I bought this bond, it was duplicated in 10 years. I think it was 10 percent. — Carlos Slim

Saying that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic worth, is like saying that he had rheumatism or suffered from diabetes. Madness, in fact, is a medical term that can claim no more notice from the objective critic than he grants the charge of heresy raised by the theologian, or the charge of immorality raised by the police. — James Joyce

If I were not an atheist, I think I would have to be a Catholic because if it wasn't the forces of natural selection that designed fish, It must have been an Italian. — Douglas Adams

At the moment I was mad enough to chew up nails and spit out paper clips. — Jim Butcher

If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer. — Ben Stein

What does an introvert do when he's left alone? He stays alone. — Jenni Ferrari-Adler

He spoke that refined French in which our grandparents not only spoke bit thought ... — Leo Tolstoy

We normally consider stability to be the constant in life and accidents to be the exception, but it's exactly the opposite. In reality, the accident is the rule and stability is the exception. — Gabriel Orozco