Englishes Today Quotes & Sayings

Maude meant nothing that she said. She knew how pretty she looked in furs. She was a rattle, not understanding her own bnoise; but the scholar hung upon her words, and believed them inspired, and did not know they were murmurings from a shell. — Ernest G. Henham

As we grow older and mature in each incarnation, we are drawn back to samskaras, to previous interests and pursuits. — Frederick Lenz

All of life is the management of risk, not its elimination. — Walter Wriston

No disrespect' is a world away from respect--and admiration. — Susanne Dunlap

Mr. Harappa,' the Angrez television interviewer is asking, 'many commentators would say, there is a widely-held view, some sectors of opinion maintain, your opponents allege, what would you say to the suggestion, that by some standards, from certain points of view, in a way, your style of government might be described as being perhaps, to some extent ... ( ... ) — Salman Rushdie

Any cat may stare into a fire and see red mice play, — George R R Martin

This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the condition of desiring. — Pam Munoz Ryan

I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work. — Fran Lebowitz

I stared at him. At this too-thin, too-sincere boy. This person.
Because I knew what he meant. I understood exactly. And I'd felt it too, that interior certainty. But over the years, I'd let all the fervour fade. I'd stopped believing in it, somehow. I'd let it become something I did, not something I was. — Alexis Hall

I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it. — Muriel Barbery

Deep play precedes deep work. — Jeremy Rifkin

Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful. — Brennan Manning

Sometimes life seems so painful it hurts even to move my arms. — Sara Paretsky

I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side. — John F. Kerry