Ellerston Golf Quotes & Sayings

Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face. — Austin O'Malley

In 1914, Franz Ferdinand, the Austrian imperial heir, was shot and killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo. Do you know the motive behind the act?
It was in retaliation for the subjugation of the Sebs in Austria.
It was not.Franz Ferdinand had stated his intention to introduce reforms favorable to the Serbs in his empire. Had he survived to ascend the throne, he would have made a revolution unnecessary. In plain terms, he was killed because he was going to give the rebels what they were shouting for. They needed a despot in the palace in order to seize it.
What's good for reform is bad for the reformers — Loren D. Estleman

Heaven resonates when one sings wholeheartedly. — Toba Beta

You go through these little phases and fads, and it never turns out the way you think it's going to turn out. — Will Sergeant

They said: "Make it in this amount of time and go for it now ... " Which is why I was suddenly ambushed and we all found ourselves doing it. I suspect this wasn't quite recognisable in its genre to give people the confidence just to throw money at it. — Colin Firth

Crime? I was in trouble because a man had said I was not clean there. He was lying. He only said that because he was not clean there and I told him we should shower before we fucked. — Chris Bohjalian

In 732 Charles Martel, in a defining battle, defeated the Muslim armies, forcing them back behind the mountains and confining them to the Iberian Peninsula. Had Martel lost that battle, Europe would have been a very different place. It — George Friedman

I am younger each year at the first snow. When I see it, suddenly, in the air, all little and white and moving; then I am in love again and very young and I believe everything. Anne Sexton, in a letter to W.D. Snodgrass (November 28, 1958) — Anne Sexton

A lot of the audience know that magic tricks are largely sleight of hand stuff, but they're intrigued by the mind stuff. They understand some of the principles behind it ... but they're confused by how it's all mixed together onstage, which is good for me. — Keith Barry

Around Jack (Kerouac) there circulated a palpable aura of fame and death. — Gary Snyder

Roles make the actor. — Hill Harper

The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same. — Sue Grafton