Frescoed Plaster Quotes & Sayings

The enemy bombards our front not only with a drumfire of artillery, but also with a drumfire of printed paper. Besides bombs, which kill the body, his airmen also throw down leaflets which are intended to kill the soul. — Paul Von Hindenburg

We need a common enemy to unite us. — Condoleezza Rice

Walking into the library, I took in my breath sharply and stopped: glass fronted bookcases and Gothic panels, stretching fifteen feet to a frescoed and plaster-medallioned ceiling. In the back of the room was a marble fireplace, big as a sepulchre, and a globed gasolier
dripping with prisms and strings of crystal beading
sparkled in the dim.
There was a piano, too, and Charles was playing, a glass of whiskey on the seat beside him. He was a little drunk; the Chopin was slurred and fluid, the notes melting sleepily into one another. A breeze stirred the heavy, moth-eaten velvet curtains, ruffling his hair. — Donna Tartt

Scientific progress isn't a parade of miraculously wrong theories - it's an optimistic snowball, gathering the structure of reality as it rolls. — Amanda Gefter

I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. — Samantha Jones

It was a dark day. A chill wind blew snowflakes against the window of Mr Norrell's library where Childermass sat writing business letters. Though it was only ten o'clock in the morning the candles were already lit. The only sounds were the coals being consumed in the grate and the scratch of Childermass's pen against the paper. — Susanna Clarke

I was surprised to see you in Government this morning. I thought you said you were a junior. — Kasie West

When you give your items away, don't keep the excess of your pride. — Bremer Acosta

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone. — Mary Schmich

You are never defeated, unless you cannot get back up. — Alexander