Elettaria Quotes & Sayings

Each goodly thing is hardest to begin. — Edmund Spenser

Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history;
nature, second.
Folly is the worst speaker in history;
fools, second. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Whenever you touch topaz, it touches you. It awakens a gentle fire, like wine awakens in grapes. Still unborn, clear wine seeks channels amidst stone, demands words, bestows its secret nourishment, shares out the kiss of human skin. The touch of stone and man in serene peace kindles garlands of fleeting flowers, which then return to prime sources: flesh and stone: contrary elements. (Translation, Beatriz von Eidlitz) — Pablo Neruda

People always tell me I'm nothing like my character. Well, hopefully not! He's a character who's very defined. He was purposefully written by Jo Rowling as very one-dimensional in the first few books, because you're supposed to hate him. — Tom Felton

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost. — Damien Chazelle

Football is important, but it is never more important than life. — Nemanja Vidic

They came and bound me up and I had awful stretch marks. I hated my breasts after that. — Christine Keeler

Riveted by these events, reporters gave little thought to the hearings taking place that afternoon in Room 424 of the Senate Office Building, where a subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee sat to consider a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. If passed, it would have declared, "This Nation devoutly recognizes the authority and law of Jesus Christ, Saviour and Ruler of nations through whom are bestowed the blessings of Almighty God."1 The campaign — Kevin M. Kruse

What's the glory in living? Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore? — Michael Martin Murphey

It seemed to me he was well rid of Maureen, if she really was disturbing him to the extent that it appeared; but being judicious about other people's love affairs is easy, often merely a sign one has not understood their force or complexity. — Anthony Powell

I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable. — Jane Austen

I'm not a feminist. — Marge Simon

You have to believe in your authority if you want anyone else to," Rivka commented. — Shira Glassman

Not everyone can see the truth, but everyone can be the truth. — Franz Kafka

Even virtue is fairer in a fair body. — Virgil