Drubbing Origin Quotes & Sayings

If you read literature, you put yourself in somebody else's shoes. You learn from great figures in literature. — Jim Leach

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen. — Thierry Henry

I wanted to work on a cable show and with a writer/director because that's a much more fulfilling and freeing experience, as an actor. — Tom Ellis

I'm more of an actor than a musician. I've made a little name for myself as an actor, but I also front this band. We have some great players out here, and we've found a little niche with L.A. Hootenanny. — Todd Lowe

In my younger days I struggled constantly with an overwhelming but pure love affair - my only one, and I would have struggled with it longer had not premature death, bitter but salutary for me, extinguished the cooling flames. I certainly wish I could say that I have always been entirely free from desires of the flesh, but I would be lying if I did. — Petrarch

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago. — Thomas Haden Church

My Carmen," I said (I used to call her that sometimes) "we shall leave this raw sore town as soon as you get out of bed." " ... Because, really," I continued, "there is no point in staying here." "There is no point in staying anywhere," said Lolita. — Vladimir Nabokov

What would it be like if every nation - from the isles in the South to the Terris hills in the North - were united under a single government? What wonders could be achieved, what progress could be made, if mankind were to permanently set aside its squabblings and join together? It is too much, I suppose, to even hope for. A single, unified empire of man? It could never happen. — Brandon Sanderson

if its gets rough, you need to get tough. — Lovely Goyal

Temptation may even be a blessing to a man when it reveals to him his weakness and drives him to the almighty Savior. Do not be surprised, then, dear child of God, if you are tempted at every step of your earthly journey, and almost beyond endurance; but you will not be tempted beyond what you are able to bear, and with every temptation there will be a way of escape. — F.B. Meyer

There are other types of neglect and deprivation. To deny what unfolds inside someone, to forbid the magic that comes unbidden, to impose ignorance in a way that invites danger, to say to a child, 'You must not be what you are.' That is wrong." His voice was gentle but the condemnation was without compassion. — Robin Hobb

Fundamentally, your brain doesn't like or want to believe in randomness. It always believes you have some control, even when you don't.

It may be delusional but we're happier deluded. And delusion ironically makes us perform better on average. — Eric Barker