Longerich Peter Quotes & Sayings

She had lolled about for three years at Girton with the kind of books she could equally have read at home
Jane Austen, Dickens, Conrad, all in the library downstairs, in complete sets. How had that pursuit, reading the novels that others took as their leisure, let her think she was superior to anyone else? — Ian McEwan

Of course, you don't turn into a shit just because you buy a Mercedes-600. It's the other way round: the reason you can afford to buy a Mercedes-600 is that you turn into a shit. — Victor Pelevin

Man was mark'd
A friend in his creation to himself,
And may, with fit ambition, conceive
The greatest blessings, and the highest honors
Appointed for him, if he can achieve them
The right and noble way. — Philip Massinger

Because no man wants to be a coward in front of a cheese. — Terry Pratchett

As far as I'm concerned, collaboration is the essence of life. It's wonderful to be able to have talents, and, very often, we think that we know what our talents are, or we find out through a back door that we have a talent. I know that I found out I was a lyricist quite through a back door. — Lesley Gore

Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims. — Abu Bakar Bashir

Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie! — James L. Brooks

MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn. — Ambrose Bierce

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. — Joseph Addison

Shall I tell you what you have that other men don't? ... It's the courage of your own tenderness. — D.H. Lawrence

Ah, kindness. What a simple way to tell another struggling soul that there is love to be found in the world. — Alison Malee