Hrrumphs Quotes & Sayings

The distinction between private and public undermines the unity of spiritual strength, draining the public of the transcendent energies while trivializing them because the merely private life provides no proper stage for their action. — Allan Bloom

Survival isn't wrong. You can sell your honor in small ways, so long as you guard yourself. you can pour a glass of wine like it's meant to be poured, and watch a man drink, and plot your revenge. — Marie Rutkoski

If you forget to water your creative spirit every day, it can begin to shrivel just as a new plant will. Your spirit thrives when the right amount of attention is given to it and so does creativity. — Pam Carriker

If it is necessary for a criminal to be a consummate actress, then by all means assume her to be one. — Agatha Christie

That is, I could either see myself as a nonentity, or I could see myself as whatever I wished to be, like a star, born from the bang of nothing or a dream. — Matthew Aaron Goodman

Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there. They say 'yes' to things; not like the endless 'nos' and 'hrrumphs' you get in England! — Alan Rickman

In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength. — Aristotle.

One thing I encourage a lot of people to realize and do is to just have an adventure. — Eustace Conway

In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education. — Bill Gates

And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. — Kevin Smith

My daughters related to something in the Spice Girls that made them feel better about being female. They truly started to believe girls could do anything. They could be fat, thin, anything they wanted to be. — Jennifer Saunders

I know what he's doing, what he's getting at. And I understand it. I understand guilt. But when I nod my head and smile in agreement, it's only for his benefit. What he doesn't know is that I will never leave him like she did. Never. I'll never choose a cushy life of means over the people I love. Never. — M. Leighton

And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I think there is an immense shortage of Christian charity among so-called Christians. — Harry S. Truman