Ducrot Oswald Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes I feel a strange exhilaration up here which seems to come from something beyond the mere stimulus of flying. It is a feeling of belonging to the sky, of owning and being owned - if only for a moment - by the air I breathe. It is akin to the well known claim of the swallow: each bird staking out his personal bug-strewn slice of heaven, his inviolate property of the blue. — Guy Murchie

More and more of us live segmented, compartmentalized lives. This isn't natural. For millions of years, our forebears knew everyone around them and everyone knew them. — Helen Fisher

The idea that you can't be attractive and funny at the same time is something that I hate. — Emma Stone

Bush doesn't present himself as a realpolitik politician. — Peter Singer

It's a strange feeling, owning a secret. It's like a stone in my stomach, crushing my insides and making me feel sick every time I think of it. — Fiona Barton

Did I think it would last 30 years? No, I didn't think it would have those kind of legs. — George Thorogood

All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

With the stand-up comic on TV, whether it's Seinfeld or Cosby or Roseanne, more important than their knowledge of how to tell a joke is their knowledge of themselves, or the persona they've created as themselves. So that when you're in a room with writers, you can say, 'Guys, that's a funny line, but I wouldn't say it.' — Bob Newhart

Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action. — Malcolm Fraser

There is a world outside these walls. — Kate Atkinson

Sometimes, I try in the exercise of the rainbow and bring a little color in our world. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

And Declan Chase suits my sister better." She patted Regin on the head. "Regin doesn't do perfect. — Kresley Cole

Entrepreneurship boils down to the simple fact that a team of really smart people who can get things done are going to get smart, useful things done. — Joel Spolsky

Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty. — Soren Kierkegaard