Flobert 22 Quotes & Sayings

He can think now only of objects. Something alive, just one small grey bird on a branch, will break his heart. — Michael Ondaatje

When we're threatened, it's very easy to appeal to our basic natures. — Paul Haggis

To be, in a word, unborable ... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish — David Foster Wallace

I still say I would love to go back to acting, but after my kids are older. You can't just drop everything and go out on a call and keep a stable life. — Suzanne Crough

This commissary was a man of very repulsive mien, with a pointed nose, with yellow and salient cheek bones, with eyes small but keen and penetrating, and an expression of countenance resembling at one the polecat and the fox. His head, supported by a long and flexible neck, issued from his large black robe, balancing itself with a motion very much like that of the tortoise thrusting his head out of his shell. — Alexandre Dumas

In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do. — Sandy Berger

We were meant to enjoy life, not be drowned by it. — Donald Miller

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. — John Dewey

The most direct way has been to ask people how much effort it took them to produce a deceptive or truthful message. People find lying more difficult than truth telling (Caso, Gnisci, Vrij, & Mann, 2005; Vrij, Semin, & Bull, 1996). As — Anonymous

Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection. — Florence Nightingale

First feel sure of idea, then the execution will be easier. — Eva Hesse