Janjicarski Odred Quotes & Sayings

But perhaps the most poetical thing Pompeii has yielded to modern research, was that grand figure of a Roman soldier, clad in complete armor; who, true to his duty, true to his proud name of a soldier of Rome, and full of the stern courage which had given to that name its glory, stood to his post by the city gate, erect and unflinching, till the hell that raged around him burned out the dauntless spirit it could not conquer. We never read of Pompeii but we think of that soldier; we can not write of Pompeii without the natural impulse to grant to him the mention he so well deserves. Let us remember that he was a soldier
not a policeman
and so, praise him. Being a soldier, he staid,
because the warrior instinct forbade him to fly. Had he been a policeman he would have staid, also
because he would have been asleep. — Mark Twain

I don't have any dark desires. And I think most people don't. A few have dark desires and don't sublimate them. — Ruth Rendell

When it comes to men, I appreciate them, don't bash them and never love them. — Donna Lynn Hope

It's easy to motivate a client when they are sitting on a bench right in front of you, but the real challenge for a trainer is to have that motivation exist even when you are not around. — Jessie Pavelka

The Amulet of Samarkand. It was Simon Lovelace's. Now it is yours. Soon it will be Simon Lovelace's again. Take it and enjoy the consequences. — Jonathan Stroud

It's very strange that you condemn me as a terrorist at the same time as you call on me to help you combat terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere. It doesn't make sense! — Walid Muallem

No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere. — Barack Obama

Because music gets you high, so it makes sense to sing about what else gets you high. — Ketch Secor

It had been wonderful and they had been truly happy and he had not known that you could love anyone so much that you cared about nothing else and other things seemed inexistent. — Ernest Hemingway,

I was a big admirer of F.D.R. He saved Britain. — Kenneth Branagh

For it all, we gladly sacrifice. With it all, we proudly defend." Spoken first by a Sirunre citizen, a member of the Kingdom Alliance of the Empire Seas. — A.W.Chrystalis

Who could be satisfied with seeking out the four corners of one small world, when there was the whole of time to be had? — Alexandra Bracken

Looking 50 is great, if you're 60. — Joan Rivers

One thing is certain: you can never become anything other than yourself, and unless you become yourself you cannot be happy. Happiness happens only when a rosebush grows roseflowers; when it flowers, when it has its own individuality. You may be a rosebush and trying to flower as lotus flower - that is creating insanity. Erase the mind. And the way to erase it is not by fight: the way to erase it is just to become aware. — Rajneesh