Limande Poisson Quotes & Sayings

Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans and dry land, must be corrected. We shall give the world the workforce of the sea, gentlemen. This will no longer be the style of Captain van Toch; we shall replace the adventure story of pearls by the hymnic paean of labour. — Karel Capek

Roark looked at him and understood. Roark inclined his head in agreement; he could acknowledge what Cameron had just declared to him only by a quiet glance as solemn as Cameron's. — Ayn Rand

After years and years of everybody commenting on the way I look and dress and being photographed, one starts to become self-conscious and starts to plan things more. You end up judging yourself more, what looks good and what doesn't. — Madonna Ciccone

It's a little-known fact, but parents are like superheroes. With just a few magic words they can make you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof, they can slay the dragons of doubt and worry, they can make problems disappear. But of course, they can only do this as long as you're a child. When you've become an adult, become the master of your own universe, they're not as powerful as they once were. Maybe that's why so many of us take our time growing up. — Lisa Unger

A female Dalai Lama must be very attractive, otherwise not much use. — Dalai Lama

It was the dog Abel, who - as animals have been reported to do - had made his way over all England's hills and rivers, to return to that home where he was first kindly treated. The warm fire, by which he sleeps even now, and the fattening dish will be his rewards to the end of his days. — K.W. Jeter

He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done. — Pierre Corneille

How dense and literal it is. I thought it had a much more sophisticated brain."
"Your mother is dense," Alif said wearily.
"My mother was an errant crest of sea foam. But that is neither here nor there. — G. Willow Wilson

Letters are signs of things, symbols of words, whose power is so great that without a voice they speak to us the words of the absent; for they introduce words by the eye, not by the ear. — Isidore Of Seville

If we are to stop bullying in schools, we have to start with teachers and administrators. If we want to stop it, we have to stop it. — Chris Crutcher

Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body. — Evelyn Glennie

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want. — Madonna

When life throws a lemon at you, you throw it straight back at life and miss completely. That's my logic. — Anonymous

Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean. — Jonathan Sacks

Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people. — Michel De Montaigne