Dubbio In Inglese Quotes & Sayings

I think it is dangerous to confuse the idea of democracy with elections. Just because you have elections doesn't mean you're a democratic country. They're a very vitally important part of a democracy. But there are other things that ought to function as checks and balances. If elections are the only thing that matter, then people are going to resort to anything to win that election. — Arundhati Roy

Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons. — Edith Head

I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else. — Alexis Korner

I suppose I will go on selling newspapers until at last will come the late night final. — Max Aitken

Her youthful habit of consuming a picture just inches from its aromatic surface died a long time ago. Sebastian, when they were first dating, had once called it an affectation and she could never bring herself to do it again. His offhanded comment should have been a sign of future cruelties and standards of perfection, but instead she'd quickly agreed with his assessment and was grateful for his candor. She — Dominic Smith

For years I viewed my interaction with the Bible as a debit account: I had a need, so I went to the Bible to withdraw an answer. But we do much better to view our interaction with the Bible as a savings account: I stretch my understanding daily, I deposit what I glean, and I patiently wait for it to accumulate in value, knowing that one day I will need to draw on it. — Jen Wilkin

Stories are living things, creatures that move and grow in the imaginations of writer and reader. They must be solid and touchable just like the land, and must have fluid half-known depths just like the sea. — David Almond

She longed for a man who'd be just her man, not some player who'd have a bunch of other women on the side. She wanted a man who'd work, not some jerk who was always getting fired because his job description was smaller than his ego. Someone reliable and solid, like her Grandpa Earl had been. — Eden Connor

Making the ungrateful grateful is a tedious endeavor. — Ana Monnar

I close my eyes, and think of water. — James Wright

Great wealth often curses all who touch it. — Clarence Darrow

I create a home that is a safe and nurturing place for me, where I am free to gather myself. — Maureen Brady

We really do have dappled souls. — David Brooks

Tourists, a lot of them, wearing unfamiliar faces. There is something subtly different about them, like they're a different species ... They're related to us like Dove is related to the water horses. — Maggie Stiefvater