Gieve Patel Quotes & Sayings

I've never seen a wild thing feel sorry for itself. — D.H. Lawrence

Quite openly, voters selected on the basis of perceived character and past behaviour rather than the views a candidate expressed. Where an individual's nature was not obvious, the Roman people tended to be drawn to a famous name, for there was a sense that virtue and ability were inherited. — Adrian Goldsworthy

To the athlete, all things are forgiven — Alec Waugh

To-day man is, and to-morrow he will be seen no more. And being removed out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind. O the dulness and hardness of man's heart, which thinketh only of the present, and looketh not forward to the future. Thou oughtest in every deed and thought so to order thyself, as if thou wert to die this day. — Thomas A Kempis

A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one's feet. — Laozi

You should tell your family every day that you love them. And make sure they know that you're proud of them too. — Will Schwalbe

Your body is a temple, whether you're a Jew or not. — April Winchell

I wish I could leave a trail of gratefulness behind me that you could see, glowing thanks. I would pay to see stars, but I never have to. This to me is one of those miracles. — Elizabeth Berg

Women are one and all a set of vultures. — Petronius

The men of the press, who despised their own profession, did not know why they were enjoying it today. One of them, a young man with years of notorious success behind him and a cynical look of twice his age, said suddenly, 'I know what I'd like to be: I wish I could be a man who covers news!' — Ayn Rand

At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge? — Aldous Huxley

factory's problems arose from the introduction of an industrial process in a country with a language and culture stuck in the Middle Ages. The — Antonio Garrido

I gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying. — Sarah Monette