Laniado Death Quotes & Sayings

A nondescript place, but it had inevitably changed over the years; one of the old oaks had been split by lightning and now lay on its side, and the others had grown into behemoths around their fallen comrade. — Julie Anne Long

Wetting one's pants is no kind of self-esteem builder. — Susan Juby

it's like the British in Ireland in 1916' , says Oisir O'Dowd. 'The repeated the ageless macho mantra, "Force is the only thing these natives understand," so often that they ended up believing it . From that point they were doomed. — David Mitchell

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 — Robert Greene

Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish. — Haruki Murakami

Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done. — Michael Greger

The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. — Bryan Magee

When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. — Charles A.E. Goodhart

I think paranoia goes from generation to generation. It's convenient to imagine that there's a few people controlling everything, that way it's manageable and small. But that's not life, life is messy. — Robert Downey Jr.

Dope guac," says some asshole, and I pick up a Dorito and shove it into the guac. There is nothing remarkable about this guac, about any guac, and California needs to calm the fuck down. They're just avocados. Guac is guac and while sometimes it's slimy and disgusting, it's never delicious. — Caroline Kepnes

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency first by inflation then by deflation the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered ... I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies ... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs. — Thomas Jefferson

Economists can be called the worldly philosophers for they sought to embrace in a scheme of philosophy the most worldly of man's activities-his drive for wealth. — Robert Heilbroner

We want the truth, Detective. You are confusing that with what we choose to tell the public. — Michael Connelly

She realised she was whimpering. Sir held her closer, his hard grip reassuring. This wasn't a dream; he really was here. — Cherise Sinclair