Ishmaels Descendants Quotes & Sayings

My grandma has said many of the things her character says. But she was much nicer! I made her meaner for dramatic purposes. — Nicole Holofcener

Give a Greek enough rope and he'll hang everyone else in sight. — Colleen McCullough

The problem with driving around Iceland is that you're basically confronted by a new soul-enriching, breath-taking, life-affirming natural sight every five goddamn minutes. It's totally exhausting. — Stephen Markley

For decades, museums in America, Europe, and elsewhere had been buying recently looted objects from a criminal underworld of smugglers and fences, in violation of U.S. and foreign law. — Jason Felch

Art is difficult. — Scott Thompson

And if there is nothing left of you but darkness, how can you not become a monster? — Alexander Gordon Smith

When you're faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realize that life is worth living and there are a lots of things you want to do. — Stephen Hawking

Most of the circuits in our brains run on automatic. The more you think a thought, the more energy goes into that circuit. Eventually it gets enough energy to run the thought automatically without us needing to put more energy into it. — Jill Bolte Taylor

As he slipped the lock into place again he realized his hand was trembling. He held up his shaky fingers where he could see them better and wondered at the equally weak flutter in his chest.

Hope was a dangerous, disquieting thing, but he thought perhaps he liked it. — Nora Sakavic

I smoked for almost 10 years. I really regret that. Thankfully, I came out on the other side. I hope my lungs are repairing themselves now. — Michelle Monaghan

Shaped like an enormous horseshoe, the Louvre was the longest building in Europe, stretching farther than three Eiffel Towers laid end to end. — Dan Brown

What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from? — Morgan Matson

I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe. — Tahereh Mafi

To be really sorry for one's errors is like opening the door of Heaven. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

A singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and carrying it there sets in motion events that may be beyond men's control. Doing what has to be done to win, men perform acts that alter the very soil in which society's roots are nourished. — Bruce Catton