Famous Parachute Regiment Quotes & Sayings

Today there is a pleasant very light haze over the whole sky, and the sea has a misleadingly docile silvered look, as if the substantial wavelets were determined to stroke the rocks as hard as they could without showing any trace of foam. It is a compact radiant complacent sort of sea, very beautiful. There ought to be seals, the waves themselves are almost seals today, but still I scan the water in vain with my long-distance glasses. Enormous yellow-beaked gulls perch on the rocks and stare at me with brilliant glass eyes. A shadow-cormorant skims the glycerine sea. The rocks are thronged with butterflies. The temperature remains high. I wash my clothes and dry them on the lawn. I have been swimming every day
and feel very fit and salty. Still no move from Lizzie, but I am not worried. I feel happy in my silence. If the gods have some treat in store for Lizzie and me, good. If not, also good. I feel innocent and free. Perhaps it is all that swimming. — Iris Murdoch

Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The prevailing theory of capitalism suffers from one central and disabling flaw, a profound distrust and incomprehension of capitalism. — George Gilder

You know you can't just run and shoot people in the knee-caps with double barreled shotgun 'cause you're pissed at them. — Eddie Murphy

All throughout our lives, we selectively draw on selected shavings of life events and reflect upon them through consciousness, creating an arranged catalogue of senses, faculties, and mental activities that compose our personal life story. — Kilroy J. Oldster

When you finally let go of the person you used to be, you get to discover the person you are now and the person you want to become. — Regina Brett

Performing on stage is my first love - it's why I wanted to be an actor in the first place - and 'Arcadia' is the highlight of my career so far. I love the intimacy of a live theatre audience - you can really squeeze every last drop out of each scene. — Tom Riley

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change — Barbara De Angelis

I hope royalty continues forever. This is the thing that can contribute to peace throughout the world. — Yayoi Kusama

Apparently we're now in a state where most ads are full of people looking at us in a way that would heat us up down to our toes if it happened in real life, and we don't think anything of it. — Max Barry

Believe in yourself and dream above the clouds. — D.M. Yates

The wisdom or the essence of Guru Tattwa is a balance. Like when you maintain a plant, if you do not give it water it will die. If you give it too much water, it will die. So the wisdom lies in understanding how much water should be given to the plant, so that it comes up at its best. Now this wisdom has to be achieved through your vibratory awareness. — Nirmala Srivastava

They make Lord of the Flies look like Pollyanna." "When did you read Pollyanna?" "It was a book? — Orson Scott Card

It only says 'Leave' if you have no identification with yourself as a citizen of this country and you feel you have no obligation to pay your fair share. — Randy Cohen