Haratin Quotes & Sayings

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death. — Stephen Ambrose

I'm of those who believe that excesses in all matters are not a good idea, whether it's formation of bubbles, whether it's excess in the financial market, whether it's excess of inequality, it has to be watched, it has to be measured, and it has to be anticipated in terms of consequences. — Christine Lagarde

I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes. — Laura Lippman

Disarmed, I realized how easily you can lose all animosity toward someone you've deemed your enemy as soon as that person stops behaving as such. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The lengths to which you're prepared to go to please a housekeeper make me wonder about the servant situation in Scotland. Good help must be thin on the ground." Vale widened his eyes and took a drink.
"She's more to me than a housekeeper," Alistair growled.
"Wonderful!" Vale slapped him on the back. "And about time, too. I was beginning to worry that all your important bits might've atrophied and fallen off from disuse."
He felt unaccustomed heat climb his throat. "Vale ... — Elizabeth Hoyt

Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind, and two minds conscious of the same thought, but as long as it remains unspoken their familiar talk flows quietly over the hidden idea. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hazard of the job. That's Ode de Anal Gland you smell. — Kelly Moran

Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius. — Scott Lynch

That, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster ... for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. — J. Lincoln Fenn

If I could meet anybody? The prophet Muhammad — Muhammad Ali

Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government. — Pankaj Mishra

I love the cause that slew me — Emily Dickinson

What's become of "yes we can?" That's easy. Finally people are starting to read the bills. — Tom C. Korologos