Joachimsthaler Coin Quotes & Sayings

Look every creature from the window of compassion with the eyes of love! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear. — Henry Fielding

Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

May an elephant caress you with his toes — 'Little' Jimmy Dickens

The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service. — Pauline Neville-Jones

The waves rose in growing fury, each over-topping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster. — Bram Stoker

Writing it all down is like taking a good shit, if done right you probably feel empty afterwards. — Solange Nicole

The survivor movements were also challenging the notion of a dysfunctional family as the cause and culture of abuse, rather than being one of the many places where abuse nested. This notion, which in the 1990s and early 1980s was the dominant understanding of professionals characterised the sex abuser as a pathetic person who had been denied sex and warmth by his wife, who in turn denied warmth to her daughters. Out of this dysfunctional triad grew the far-too-cosy incest dyad. Simply diagnosed, relying on the signs: alcoholic father, cold distant mother, provocative daughter. Simply resolved, because everyone would want to stop, to return to the functioning family where mum and dad had sex and daughter concentrated on her exams. Professionals really believed for a while that sex offenders would want to stop what they were doing. They thought if abuse were decriminalised, abusers would seek help. The survivors knew different. P5 — Beatrix Campbell

These are 8- and 12-year-old kids. It doesn't matter how they got here. It is time to show a little compassion — Paul Soglin

We must be quite a sight. A cloud of scorpion-tailed, man-sized locusts blotting out the sky. And in the middle of it all, a demon with enormous wings carrying a teenage girl. At least, Raffe must look like a demon to anyone who didn't know he was an archangel flying on borrowed wings. They probably think he kidnapped the girl he's holding. They couldn't possibly guess that I feel safe in his arms. That I'm resting my head on the warm curve of his neck because I like the feel of his skin. — Susan Ee

all-too-human powers — No One