Ilie Cioara Quotes & Sayings

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. — Thomas Jefferson

A quota is always something artificial that can only last for a certain period of time. — Jacques Santer

A little warning would've been nice. You couldn't have said, 'Hey, as part of your training today, I'm going to beat you senseless'? — Julie Kagawa

One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God's help, he has been victorious. — Ignatius Of Loyola

I'm romantically inclined. No human being on Earth is not attracted to other people. There is no fairy tale that they only have eyes for you. You just choose to act on it or not. — Ben Folds

Granny Weatherwaz was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word to say about witches. At least, not if he wanted to wake up in the morning the same shape as he went to bed. — Terry Pratchett

Firms are guided by long-held organizational habits, patterns that often emerge from thousands of employees' independent decisions.6.16 — Charles Duhigg

Enter my lair, said the dragon. I have shiny treasure for you to play with, I'll keep you warm and safe, and if it suits my purpose, I'll chain you to the floor and kill your client by throwing quarters at him with my magic. Been there, done that. — Ilona Andrews

This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. to him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable - bewildering, even enigmatic. Philosophers and small children thus have an important faculty in common. You might say that throughout his life a philosopher remains as thin-skinned as a child. — Jostein Gaarder

During the next week, everyone noticed that my appetite had improved, even Toddy.

"Are you done with your hunger strike?" he asked me curiously, one morning.
"Toddy, eat your breakfast."
"But I thought that was what it was called. When people don't eat."
"No, a hunger strike is for people in prison," Kitsey said coolly.
"Kitten," said Mr. Barbour, in a warning tone.
"Yes, but he ate three waffles yesterday," said Toddy, looking eagerly between his uninterested parents in an attempt to engage them. "I only ate two waffles. And this morning he ate a bowl of cereal and six pieces of bacon, but you said five pieces of bacon was too much for me. Why can't I have five pieces, too? — Donna Tartt