Gulliver's Travels Lilliputians Quotes & Sayings

Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance. — Jean Cocteau

It often happens that we blurt out things that may in some kind of way be harmful to us, but we are silent about things that may make us look ridiculous; because in this case effect follows very quickly on cause. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Why do you call me 'wetlander'?" Gaul gestured toward the river; even Perrin's eyes could not be sure in the moonlight, but he thought the Aiel looked uneasy for the first time. — Robert Jordan

It is still true that the life we have created for ourselves on this earth is not working. Not one of the systems we have put into place in our world is functional - not the political, not the economical, not the ecological, not the educational, not the social, and not the spiritual. None of them are producing the outcomes we say we want. In fact, it's worse. They are producing the outcomes we say we don't want. — Neale Donald Walsch

Yum." She smacks her lips and mimes making a cat claw. She leans into me and whispers, "I am so going to be visiting him one-handed tonight in my fantasies. — Lauren Blakely

For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as they chance to fall: The order of the phrases makes no difference at all. — Lewis Carroll

But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet and good tilled earth. — J.R.R. Tolkien

When you work too much, you are boring - that is possible. But to have a happy life, if you can do several things in the correct way, that is perfect. — Diego Della Valle

I felt vindicated that I decided to speak up for not only myself but women all across the nation who've been put down. — Gretchen Carlson