Kyrill Stomatov Quotes & Sayings

You do not cut a check in the state of Kansas to John Doe, executioner. The executioner is paid in cash so there's no trail to him — George Plimpton

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach - it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel. — Sydney J. Harris

You cannot imagine how time ... can be ... so still. It hangs. It weighs. And yet there is so little of it. It goes so slowly, and yet it is so scarce. — Margaret Edson

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations. — Ann Richards

I read it as if it had been written by someone else, although it was my own experience being recounted.

The endless questioning finally ended. My psychiatrist looked at me, there was no uncertainty in his voice. "Maniac-depressive illness." I admired his bluntness. I wished him locusts in his land and a pox upon his house. Silent, unbelievable rage. I smiled pleasantly. He smiled back. The war had just begun, — Kay Redfield Jamison

I was lucky I wasn't a better boxer, or that's what I'd be now - a punchy ex-pug. — Bob Hope

I still trust my penalty sytem and will be there when I'll be needed. — Thomas Muller

I did a film in which Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton both played the leads, 'Desperate Measures,' and interestingly enough it was their biggest payday. The film didn't do well, and it kind of marked their careers. They've done less since. It all changed. — Brian Cox

Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmoniously above the willow. May came too soon, and suddenly unable to bear walls, he wandered the campus at all hours through starlight and rain. — F Scott Fitzgerald

I think that variety is the key to our success. It is what makes us [artists] different, and long may that continue. — Piers Morgan

But she's only a woman!" The watch captain shook his head again. "So was Helen of Troy, sir. Look what she started. — Ruth Downie