Hogardens Quotes & Sayings

They're dreadfully fond of beheading people here; the great wonder is, that there's anyone left alive! — Lewis Carroll

Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in 19th-century France and England, or 20th-century Russia and America. — Lillian Hellman

But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating. — John Fowles

I was a kid and a little pedantic but I still maintain I had a point. — Don DeLillo

She wanted him to leave town with a smile on his face. She wanted to be memorable. — Mary J. Williams

I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with overexcited poets rather than pampered painters. — Arthur Smith

It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness. — B.H. Liddell Hart