Konstantinovich Aivazovsky Quotes & Sayings

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be. — Joe Biden

I find it very endearing when a girl is dorky because it takes a very brave person to act that way in front of people. And in every girl that I've been attracted to, I recognize the dorkiness about her because I think I have some in me. That makes me feel a lot more comfortable with her. — Justin Deeley

To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns. — Queen Rania Of Jordan

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She was who she was - she'd been born this way, Why should she have to change who she was to satisfy someone else? — S. Usher Evans

Upon the demon-ridden pilgrimage of human life, what next I wonder. — Iris Murdoch

Humility doesn't mean hiding in the corner and pretending you are not strong. Humility means to be what you are. — Frederick Lenz

I sense people expect something to show for ten years. But I do feel like it is dense. Some of my own favorite books are slim, but there's a lot of weight and power in them. — Danielle Dutton

If you stretched the average person's intestines out from end to end, it would make them scream a lot. — Demetri Martin

I learned that to be amusing was not to be frivolous and that language - always the language - was the magic key as much to prose as to poetry. — Christopher Hitchens

You only find complete unanimity in a cemetary. — Abel Aganbegyan

We unwittingly judge products by their boxes, books by their covers, and even corporation's annual reports by their nice glossy finish. — Leonard Mlodinow

I had a dream that all the babies prevented by the pill showed up. They were mad. — Steven Wright

Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck - and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky. — Michael Lewis