Horripilante In English Quotes & Sayings

The first lesson of life is to burn our own smoke; that is, not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness, not to keep thinking of ourselves as exceptional cases. — James Russell Lowell

The closest that either Voltaire or the other historical geniuses of the age -- Hume and Gibbon -- came to understanding unreason's creative potentialities was in their Ironic criticism of themselves and in their own efforts to make sense out of history. This, at least, led them to view themselves as being as potentially flawed as the cripples they conceived to be acting out the spectacle of history. — Hayden White

Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat. — Robert Lowell

A victorious life is as a result of a correct way of thinking — Sunday Adelaja

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?' — Jonas Salk

Even the written evidence offered by the executioners tells us that. And it ended with Anastasia not being buried with the rest of her family." Yakov paused. "The DNA experts can speculate all they want, but they still can't say with absolute certainty that any of the bones later found belonged to her. I doubt they ever will." I felt dazed. "How can I know that your version of events is true? — Glenn Meade

The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to conceal the intensity of his obsession from all except those similarly afflicted. — Osbert Sitwell

Our excessive possessions are not making us happy. Even worse, they are taking us away from the things that do. Once we let go of the things that don't matter, we are free to pursue all the things that really do matter. — Joshua Becker

You know what they call a guy who switches sides in homicide? They call him a Jane Fonda, as in hanging with the North Vietnamese. You get it? It's crossing to the dark side. — Michael Connelly

You know when you meet someone so smart and cool that all their tastes and opinions seem like the correct ones? And you instantly think: those are my opinions now too! — Mindy Kaling

What a privilege it was to never feel like you had to take stock of your surroundings, or gauge everyone's reactions to the color of your skin. — Alexandra Bracken

Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend. — Alexander Pope

My go-to karaoke? 'Alone' by Celine Dion. — Abby Wambach