Lisensyadong Quotes & Sayings

[A]rtificial conditions bring about their natural reaction. — Agatha Christie

Well, at this point, it looks like the Iraqi forces are moving into the city center itself. Now they've been working on this for seven months now. The American military's been pushing them and encouraging them to really get into the city and rout ISIS. So now they're finally doing it. — Tom Bowman

So the middle-ground answer reminds us that reflection is continuous with practice, and our practice can go worse or better according to the value of our reflections. — Simon Blackburn

Writing about sex is not as personally revealing as one might think, because like anything else you write about, the words are not the deed. I have not done those words, I have done and felt private things for which words such as "sex" and "lust" are only poor apologies. — Doreen Baingana

He doesn't like making others uncomfortable.
-Helen to Sophia about Alistair — Elizabeth Hoyt

Learn your lines ... plant your feet ... look the other actor in the eye ... say the words ... mean them. — James Cagney

I waited and waited, and when no message came, I knew it must have been from you. — Ashleigh Brilliant

The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin. — William Ames

Successful action tends to become an end in itself. — Eric Hoffer

It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature. — Ben Jonson

The vampire stared at me, his mouth slack as Ghastek assessed his options. I took a couple of forms from my desk, put them into the vamp's mouth, and pulled them up by their edges.
"What are you doing?" Ghastek asked.
"My hole puncher broke."
"You have no respect for the undead. — Ilona Andrews

It was a pity that with his great qualities, his unselfishness and honor, his intelligence and sensibility, he should be so unlovable. — W. Somerset Maugham

Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook recommends the ABC of serious investigation: Assume nothing, Believe nothing, and Check everything. — Ben Aaronovitch

Coal research and development provides huge benefits for the nation, and pay for itself many times over through taxes flowing back to the Treasury from expanded economic activity. — Tim Holden