Exitus Acta Quotes & Sayings

Speak, then, manling," said Mother Winter. "You have a little time left. — Jim Butcher

The coronation took place at noon the following day. The Hall of the Rivan King was full to overflowing with nobles and royalty, and the city below was alive with the sound of bells.
Garion could not actually remember very much of his coronation. He did remember that the ermine-bordered cape was hot and the plain gold crown the Rivan Deacon placed on his head was very heavy — David Eddings

The whole of society is like a cabbage-stalk covered with caterpillars, and none is satisfied till it has crawled to the top. — Sabine Baring-Gould

I could no more have stopped myself from feeling that sadness than you could stop yourself from smelling an apple that has been cut open on the table before you. — Arthur Golden

I liked those tales. They were better than my stepmother's stories of Cuthbert's miracles. Christians, it seemed to me, were forever weeping and I did not think Woden's worshippers cried much. — Bernard Cornwell

Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that. — Little Richard

Australians were very practical, Emily had found. They did things quickly and purposefully and to the absolute minimum standard required. It was refreshing and guenuine but sometimes led to situations like building a town around a hole. — Max Barry

Exitus Acta Probat---the outcome justifies the deed. — Billy McCoy

Desire is something very egoistic. If you desire something, you also have to take the consequences of that. You have to study the market and see how it can go. I mean to become an artist ... You never get the Nobel-price for example. You can normally never become a millionaire. Very few become millionaires, so the circumstances are very bad if one becomes an artist. And that should be taken into consideration. — Odd Nerdrum

I've decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully - in about 200 years time. — Brian Clough

Fix your course on a star and you'll navigate any storm. — Leonardo Da Vinci

I tried for modelling work but it was a bit slow and that's when I took a part-time job at McDonalds. It gave me income while I was waiting for my big break and at the very least I could eat. — Sharon Stone

Do it, I thought, in an agony of apprehension. For God's sake, do it now and don't be gentle! — Diana Gabaldon

The result justifies the deed
(Exitus acta probat) — Ovid

You didn't realize how much work everyone else put into holding themselves upright until you saw Levi leaning against a wall. He looked like he was leaning on something even when he wasn't. He made standing look like vertical lying down. — Rainbow Rowell

As for me horror is the genre which makes my life more interesting, mysteries my life to be something like a riddle which people go and hard go outside...But the music build my personality! — Deyth Banger