Krasnow Russia Quotes & Sayings

We cannot speak loudly or angrily at such times; we are not apt to be eager about mere worldly things, for our very awe at our quickened sense of the nearness of the invisible world, makes us calm and serene about the petty trifles of today. — Elizabeth Gaskell

amanda lifted a large handful of pictures out of the box and dropped them into her lap, flicking through them as they fall. they told a thousand stories, didn't they? the pictures of your life. but they left a lot out, too. — Elizabeth Noble

After Justinian became Emperor: "He was a man of deep piety, which he signalized, two years after his accession, by closing the schools of philosophy in Athens, where paganism still reigned. The dispossessed philosophers betook themselves to Persia, where the king received them kindly. But they were shocked
more so, says Gibbon, than became philosophers
by the Persian practices of polygamy and incest, so they returned home again, and faded into obscurity." How tumultuous thou art, sixth century! — Bertrand Russell

Such stuff as madmen tongue. — William Shakespeare

When we endure loss, the past reaches out to grip us from behind, but it's not wrong to turn your face forward. — Rachel Neumeier

I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune. — Cameron Monaghan

Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always somebody better. No matter how bad one is, there is always somebody worse. — Israel Albert Horowitz

Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother. — Lisa Gardner

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid. — Trent Dilfer

To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this - and only this - is to be an artist. — Jacques-Louis David

A person whose job is deep thinking about atomic war would no more call a 'megadeath' a 'million corpses' than an embalmer would refer to a 'loved one' as a 'stiff.' — Russell Baker

My country has no history, only a past. — Alden Nowlan