Echecrates Pronounce Quotes & Sayings

When you're bored with yourself, marry and be bored with someone else. — Edward VIII

One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies. — Aldous Huxley

Opponents past and present have the same essential weakness about them: first they want to use you, then they want to be you, then they want to snuff you out. — Julian Assange

When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first. — Josiah Quincy

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball. — Branch Rickey

We may avoid shame if we choose, for shame seldom takes us unawares but has its warning cry, and we can hear that cry as clearly as we can hear the coming of the north wind ... The man lying in the mud hadn't heard the coming of the north wind. — Rose Tremain

There is no 'one-size-fits-all' way to build an audience. — John Stuart Mill

Miracles are commonplace in religious scripture. Our ancient ancestors are said to have felt Jesus' wounds, verified Muhammad's ascent to heaven, and even interacted with their respective deities directly. Today, believers have no such luxury. They are forced to rely on blind faith that these things occurred, that people were at one time able to overcome or render inert natural laws. — David G. McAfee

I want to do things that scare me, and also have a good time. — Josh Pais

In pursuing certain virtues - colorful local effects, personae and personality, juxtaposition, close calls with nonsense, uncertainty, critiques of ordinary language - the current crop of American poets necessarily give up on others. — Stephen Burt