Esmaltado In English Quotes & Sayings

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. — Samuel Johnson

Against all expectations, the symptoms of Van Gogh's mental illness are conspicuous by their almost complete absence from his letters. Much as he chose not to paint before he had fully recovered from one of his attacks, so he refrained from writing at times of crisis. Throughout his life, admittedly, his letters bear witness to a man possessed, frequently agitated, enraged, dejected, obsessed, but never deranged, or emotionally or intellectually unstable. — Vincent Van Gogh

In battle, one must adhere to one's beliefs. — Azai Nagamasa

I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech. — E.L. Doctorow

American people, what about the American people? I think the president delights in the fact that they have been roofied by technology and pop culture. They're not conscious to any expansion of power, which is why they're happy to exist in this dependant decline. — Greg Gutfeld

He grips my shoulder. His fingers dig in the knotted muscles in a way that feels good. Brotherly. — Holly Black

His moans become nasty, disgustingly malignant, and go on for whole days and nights. And of course he knows himself that he is doing himself no sort of good with his moans; he knows better than any one that he is only lacerating and harassing himself and others for nothing; he knows that even the audience before whom he is making his efforts, and his whole family, listen to him with loathing, — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

One thing I'd learned growing up was that no matter who claimed you, you had to first claim yourself. — Ridley Pearson

When you do something for someone else, it's for you. When you do something for yourself, it's for someone else. — Frederick Lenz

I was a shy ugly kid who led a big fantasy life. I thought I was an angel sent from heaven, to cure polio. When Dr. Salk did that I was really pissed off. — Cher

It was anything but reassuring to have to tell one's wife, in "Case of real Danger . . . fly to the Woods with our Children. — John Ferling

I know I walk in and out of several worlds each day. — Joy Harjo

The human race is a life sentence ... it's a rough confinement, and sometimes we all need to break out of jail. — Salman Rushdie

I left the sadomasochist dump with a girl from the south of France named Simone. She was wearing a tight blue dress with red wine spilled down the front of it. She was so drunk, she didn't care. "Fuck it," she kept saying in English, "you know?" The tattooed doorman called out an endearment to us as we emerged for his cave ... We linked arms and walked. Simone was talking about her new boyfriend, but I didn't listen. I was thinking about Lisa's shame at Naxos, trying to gloat. But Alex was right- even a young girls shame could be beautiful. — Mary Gaitskill

Love can kick your ass. — Nora Roberts