Ladrao Quotes & Sayings

A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Admit when you're wrong. Shut up when you're right. — John M. Gottman

If you owe fifty dollars you're a piker; if you owe fifty thousand dollars you're a businessman; if you owe fifty million dollars you're a tycoon; if you owe fifty billion dollars you're the government. — Sam Levenson

I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world. — Richard Flanagan

Some virtues, when they become fashions, also become exaggerated. Just because nobody likes a judgmental attitude does not mean that there isn't a sort of spoiled, self-righteous hypocrisy when one man obsessively commands other men not to judge without knowing the circumstances without himself, too, knowing their circumstances behind their judgments. — Criss Jami

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be. — Duane Michals

Life gives pleasure only to those who explore themselves and discover their strength. — Rakesh Wadhwani

Think back to the most important experiences of your life, the highest highs, the greatest victories, the most daunting obstacles overcome. How many happened to you alone? I bet there are very few. When you understand that being connected to others is one of life's greatest joys, you realize that life's best comes when you initiate and invest in solid relationships. — John C. Maxwell

It's awful undermining to the intellect, German is; you want to take it in small doses, or first you know your brains all run together, and you feel them flapping around in your head same as so much drawn butter. — Mark Twain

I want very much to carpe you," it says. "I may try to surprise you, though, if that's okay. Also, I can't feel my face and hands. — Laini Taylor

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. — Winston Churchill

He dared to do what men and women don't even dare to think. And look what he's done already: he's torn open the sky, he's opened the way to another world. Who else has ever done that? Who else could think of it? — Philip Pullman

Consistently ask yourself: 'Is what I'm doing right now working for me or working against me? — Marshall Sylver

I can't go back to who I was before the war," he eventually said. "And I can't be who I was during the war. And if I'm not either of those men, I'm not sure what I'm left with. — Lisa Kleypas