Egemonia Britannica Quotes & Sayings

I had a nice time over Christmas. I watched EastEnders - blimey, that makes my job look easy! — Mick McCarthy

He who manages the distance, manages the damage. — Rener Gracie

Expectations are usually predicated on the idea that the everyday things that happen to ordinary people shouldn't happen to you. People hold the idea of being ordinary in absolute contempt, so when they face an illness, poverty, or any kind of catastrophe, they say, 'I can't believe this happened to me.' And who did you think it was going to happen to - the woman across the street? — Caroline Myss

The fact is, the Time Traveller was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round him; you always suspected some subtle reserve, some ingenuity in ambush, behind his lucid frankness. — H.G.Wells

Sits like a man, but smiles like a reptile. — David Bowie

And the Mountains Echoed BY KHALED HOSSEINI — Khaled Hosseini

Visual presentation of our heritage in glass is needed. — James Lafferty

The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand — Suzanne Collins

It seems very strange that one must turn back, and be transported to the very beginnings of history, in order to arrive at an understanding of humanity as it is at present. — Emile Durkheim

When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show. — Wayne Newton

The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism. — Thomas Friedman