Gascony Quotes & Sayings

How did Abraham know that it was God that bid him offer his son, being a breach of the sixth commandment? — Anne Hutchinson

God has to work in the soul in secret and in darkness because if we fully knew what was happening, and what Mystery, transformation, God and Grace will eventually ask of us, we would either try to take charge or stop the whole process. — San Juan De La Cruz

I always said that this cadet from Gascony was a well of wisdom," murmured Athos; — Alexandre Dumas

Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in. — Nadia Giosia

Quinn's First Law of Investing is never to buy anything whose price you can't follow in the newspapers. An investment without a public marketplace attracts the fabulists the way picnics attract ants. Stock brokers and financial planners can tell you anything they want, because no one really knows what's true. The First Corollary to Quinn's First Law states that, even when the price is in the newspapers, you shouldn't buy anything too complex to explain to the average 12-year-old. — Jane Bryant Quinn

most of the books available in Kindle Unlimited are from self-publishers, and most of them are unknown to you. — Max Blackwell

You could only save someone that wanted to be saved; otherwise, you'd be be dragged down for the count, too. — Jodi Picoult

I don't do a lot when I'm in Gascony. I swim and play the odd game of golf, but mainly I sit around. We're set an hour-and-a-half from the Pyrenees and an hour-and-a-half from the Bay of Biscay, so we get plenty of storms. But we're surrounded by vines and sunflowers - it's lovely. — Terry Wogan

Conscience can be painful but so can the cock-rot. A grown-up should suffer his afflictions privately and not allow them to become an inconvenience for friends and colleagues.' - The Magnificent Nicomo Cosca — Joe Abercrombie