Larbert Quotes & Sayings

That was one of the things she loved about him. He assumed she could walk and chew gum at the same time. He nevef second-guessed her, and he didn't try to change her. He accepted — Jill Shalvis

Ivanov: I am a bad, pathetic and worthless individual. One needs to be pathetic, too, worn out and drained by drink, like Pasha, to be still fond of me and to respect me. My God, how I despise myself! I so deeply loathe my voice, my walk, my hands, these clothes, my thoughts. Well, isn't that funny, isn't that shocking? Less than a year ago I was healthy and strong, I was cheerful, tireless, passionate, I worked with these very hands, I could speak to move even Philistines to tears, I could cry when I saw grief, I became indignant when I encountered evil. I knew inspiration, I knew the charm and poetry of quiet nights when from dusk to dawn you sit at your desk or indulge you mind with dreams. I believed, I looked into the future as into the eyes of my own mother ... And now, my God, I am exhausted, I do not believe, I spend my days and nights in idleness. — Anton Chekhov

To my horror principles have wormed their way into [the] fabric of my being. — Steve Toltz

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. — Franz Kafka

I want to be Prime Minister, but I will stand for Mayor of London first. — Mohamed Al-Fayed

The increase of this efficiency is essentially the problem of the manager, and the amount to which it can be increased by proper study is, in most cases, so great as to be almost incredible. — Henry Gantt

I do things - whether it's donations or events for good causes or giving back to my community - for the right reason: because I want to. Because it's the best thing to do. I wanna help someone else out. — LeSean McCoy

...the government in Beijing continues to define itself as Marxist-Leninist, though 'Market-Leninist' would be rather more apt. — Francis Wheen

We have understood nothing of life until we have understood that it is one vast confusion. — Henry De Montherlant

I'd love to try my hand at something else. — Colin Firth

I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony. — Noah Wyle