Escritoire Secretary Quotes & Sayings

Every man is as God made him, ay, and often worse. — Miguel De Cervantes

My first recollection of hearing Wendell Phillips is from my college days, though of course he was always one of my heroes, and I may have heard him before, for we were an anti-slavery family. — George Edward Woodberry

I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy. — Ted Cruz

Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin? — Pippa Middleton

We learned a new way to consume each other, without the need for any drug or conflict. We smothered each other in kisses and dreams of our future and poetic wishes that ended in moans. Our addictions shifted to our obsession with us. — Kenya Wright

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth ... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold ... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.' — Sue Townsend

The desire for carnal possession quickly cools, whereas the desire to own land never quits the heart of man. — Gabriel Chevallier

True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time. — Dalai Lama XIV

And although God is always close, if you don't pray, you will never manage to feel His presence. — Paulo Coelho

When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing, those people don't exist because you've crushed anyone's desire to do the right thing with all these incentives. — Barry Schwartz

I was very frightened when I turned forty. I suddenly thought I ought to wake up and be speaking with the voice of God. — Jane Rule

You have been put too much to literary work,' he said on one of his visits, 'and that is the cause of your complaint. — Sarah Waters