Grumet Stop Quotes & Sayings

Politics and war were just different names for power, and the price of power was predictably high and could be precisely measured-in dollards,yen,euros,rubles,riyals, and blood. — Tara Janzen

Democratic institutions awaken and foster a passion for equality which they can never entirely satisfy. This complete equality eludes the grasp of the people at the very moment they think they have grasped it ... the people are excited in the pursuit of an advantage, which is more precious because it is not sufficiently remote to be unknown or sufficiently near to be enjoyed. — Alexis De Tocqueville

Before I loved Maara, life seemed filled with endless possibility, yet I knew even then what I was waiting for. Love was only an idea to me then, something to hope for, a promise of happiness, insubstantial and immortal, until it found the one to settle on. Now love and Maara were one and the same, and love had become as mortal as she was. — Catherine M. Wilson

And the thing I hate the most is knowing how much hinges on my reaction, how your unburdening can only lead to me being burdened. — David Levithan

A loss, but who still mourns the breath of one woman, or laments one wife? Though my heart never can forget, how, for one look, she gave up her life. — Anna Akhmatova

To be prejudiced is the privilege of the thinking human being ... The open mind is the empty mind. — Rose Macaulay

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more. — Jo Stafford

The mind is what the mind is fed. — David J. Schwartz

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part. — Alison Elliott

We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events? — Rita Mae Brown

I always wanted to be a player, but I never had the talent to make the big leagues. So I did the next best thing: I bought a team. — Charlie Finley

A woman's orgasm is such a fragile thing, dependant as much upon her mind as on her clitoris. — Megan Hart

A sword needs a sheath, heh, and a wedding needs a bedding. — George R R Martin

I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually just sit and write until it's done. — Amanda Hocking

It was on such a night as this that the unhappy things came about. — Richard Ford