Grandiosas Quotes & Sayings

My father decided that he was such a admirer of Ibn Rushd's philosophy, thinking that he changed the family name to Rushdie. I realized why my father was so interested in him, because he was really an incredibly modernizing voice inside our Islamic culture. — Salman Rushdie

his real point is that in the climate of fear that would follow the breakdown of authority, the kinder, more trusting, side of human nature would be obliterated. And from what we know of human behaviour when people are caught up in civil war and other situations in which their very survival is at stake, he seems to have been right. We — David Miller

She seems somewhat morose and out of sorts. Do you beat her often?'
'I must admit that I do not.'
'There is the answer! Beat her well; beat her often! It will bring roses to her cheeks! There is nothing better to induce good cheer in a woman than a fine constitutional beating. — Jack Vance

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud! — William Strunk Jr.

Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduate from college. — Michael Bloomberg

Wait a minute," Quentin said. "Who or what is the Thames dragon?" "The Thames dragon," Eliot said. "You know. The dragon who lives in the Thames. — Lev Grossman

People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.' — Robert Teeter

Well, there's nothing strange about Americans as a whole. But, Angelinos are different! — Paul Hogan

I was born in Russia in 1901 of Jewish parents and came to the United States in 1922 to join my father, who left Russia for the United States before World War I. — Simon Kuznets

If it grows, eat it. If it doesn't grow, don't eat it. — Louise Hay

We are not as impervious as we think we are. - Dr Maura Isles — Tess Gerritsen

I'm no more intelligent than the next guy. I'm just more curious. — Albert Einstein

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results. — Johann Sebastian Bach

There has been a time since when I have wondered whether, if the life before her could have been revealed to me at a glance, and so revealed as that a child could fully comprehend it, and if her preservation could have depended on a motion of my hand, I ought to have held it up to save her. There has been a time since - I do not say it lasted long, but it has been - when I have asked myself the question, would it have been better for Little Em'ly to have had the waters close above her head that morning in my sight; and when I have answered Yes, it would have been. — Charles Dickens

I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old. — Satchel Paige