Flotta Quotes & Sayings

Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed. — Jean De La Bruyere

The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. — James Bryce

If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond. — H. G. Bissinger

Lobby door was locked, and when I buzzed apartment 12C, it was — Michael Connelly

I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo. — Michael Nutter

Were modern cities only beautiful after darkness hid everything but their lights? — Helen McCloy

We would like you to reach the place where you're not willing to listen to people criticize one another ... where you take no satisfaction from somebody being wrong ... where it matters to you so much that you feel good, that you are only willing to think positive things about people ... you are only willing to look for positive aspects; you are only willing to look for solutions, and you are not willing to beat the drum of all of the problems of the world. — Esther Hicks

Fermat said he had a proof. — Andrew Wiles

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got. — Josh Billings

So what do I wish for? Something I'm not sure I want? Someone I'm not sure I need? Or someone I know I can't have? — Stephanie Perkins

As societies trivialize traditional values, we witness a flow of immense suffering. We anguish, for instance, over what happens to the unborn, who cannot vote, and to children at risk. We weep over children having children and children shooting children. Often secular remedies to these challenges are not based on spiritual principles. To borrow a metaphor - secular remedies resemble an alarmed passenger traveling on the wrong train who tries to compensate by running up the aisle in the opposite direction! Only the acceptance of the revelations of God can bring both direction and correction and, in turn, bring a 'brightness of hope' (2 Ne. 31:20). Real hope does not automatically 'spring eternal' unless it is connected with eternal things! — Neal A. Maxwell

Billy leaned forward. 'What's he like?' he whispered conspiratorially.
'Who?' Tock asked, looking confused.
'Felix. The Split One. I heard he came in this afternoon shooting fire and wind from his hands and told the Council to shove it.'
'Uh, not quite,' Tick said. 'He kind of waved to everyone and went upstairs.' — T.J. Klune