Iveteran Quotes & Sayings

Listen,' said Morrel; 'it is not the first time you have contemplated our present position, which is a serious and urgent one; I do not think it is a moment to give way to useless sorrow; leave that for those who like to suffer at their leisure and indulge their grief in secret. There are such in the world, and God will doubtless reward them in heaven for their resignation on earth, but those who mean to contend must not lose one precious moment, but must return immediately the blow which fortune strikes. Do you intend to struggle against our ill-fortune?.. — Alexandre Dumas

High taxation was not regarded in these years as an affront. On the contrary, steep rates of progressive income tax were seen as a consensual device to take excess resources away from the privileged — Tony Judt

I have lots of ideas. Trouble is, most of them suck. — George Carlin

But, though French, she was also very brave... — Susanna Clarke

We'll make out for a while and you'll feel better. — Robyn Carr

I don't believe I could live in Iran again. A tree, once uprooted from the earth, is very difficult to plant again. — Golshifteh Farahani

My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life. — Yoko Ono

As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it. — Brit Marling

Who gets the bird, the hunter or the dog? — John Lewis

After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity. — Caroline Kennedy

When you are down and out, something always turns up - usually the noses of your friends. — Orson Welles

My heart tells me this is the best and greatest feeling I have ever had. But my mind knows the difference between wanting what you can't have and wanting what you shouldn't want. And I shouldn't want you. — Cassandra Clare

Where you travel to, I would love to receive a beautiful postcard. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm an old-school guy. I don't try to be too flashy. — Dany Heatley

The Bird of Paradise, it seemed, had beckoned us on and led us in, to stand here in this place high in the land of volcanoes. It was here in Bali, after returning from the Toraja Star Children, that I first recognized what they meant by us all being born half of heaven and half of earth. And after the mounted warsports of Sumba it was in Balinese ritual that I saw with new eyes the battle for balance between light and darkness. And after Borneo, returning to the sacred Banyan tree and its simian custodians, I had felt that all great trees, what's left of them, do indeed link heaven and earth in a single forest of life. — Lawrence Blair