Familiengeschichten Quotes & Sayings

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat. — Steven Erikson

There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and slavery and North Africa, but there simply is no American history before black people. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Don't let the whirlwinds drag you down. These are your days - to stand strong as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. — Neil L. Andersen

If life is not real, life is not earnest, and the grave is its goal, perhaps it's ridiculous t otake ourselves so seriously. — Thomas Nagel

Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave. — Marya Mannes

Discord gives a relish for concord. — Publilius Syrus

She just keeps saying "He's gone. — Stephenie Meyer

Some Ange'el are a bit more powerful. Each one has their own set of capabilities and level of skill depending on the purity of their genes and their age. Some Ange'el can heal ya. Some can convince ya to do their will. Some know what you're thinking. Some can speak to you using only their minds, and Viviane ... well, Viviane can do it all. — Jamie Le Fay

The civilized want people to make their living individually, and they want them to live separately, behind locked doors - one family to a house, each house fully stocked with refrigerators, television sets, washing machines, and so on. — Daniel Quinn

The idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another-whether God or man-is most revolting to us, as it is most degrading to human dignity. — H. P. Blavatsky

I believe really strongly in imitation, actually: I think it's the first place you need to go to if you're going to be able to understand how something works. True mimicry is actually quite difficult. — Eleanor Catton

Once Zoopy started woofing you never knew when he'd stop. Agent One screamed, "It's alive! I thought it was a car! — Christopher Paul Curtis

There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and who play Chess — Mortimer Collins