Longsword Halo Quotes & Sayings

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp? — William Osler

In scene after scene, meaning sneaks in and sometimes roars. — Manohla Dargis

During my career several people have tried to push me out the door ... Nobody has succeeded yet. — Ferdinand Piech

Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition. — Cyril Falls

We thought Bugles and a Tiger and its sequel, The Road Past Mandalay, plus Bhowani Junction, which was made into a movie starring Ava Gardner as a half-caste (or Chi Chi) East Indian and Stewart Granger playing an Indian Army — Daniel Hill

What does it mean that thirty thousand men, not athletes but rather weak and ordinary people, have subdued two hundred million vigorous, clever, capable, and freedom-loving people? Do not the figures make it clear that it is not the English who have enslaved the Indians, but the Indians who have enslaved themselves? — Leo Tolstoy

Frankly, from my perspective, the bomber jacket is such a classic item you can wear it even when it's not on trend. — Tim Gunn

Ned seemed so different from any other man of her acquaintance, and, certainly, the antithesis of the rake she had set her sights on. She had chosen DeVere as her best prospect, yet after only this short time in Ned's company, she couldn't help fervently wishing that he was DeVere. She should feel triumphant that her goal was within easy reach ... In truth, it was as if her appetite had been whetted for beefsteak ... only to be served liver instead.
-A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE — Victoria Vane

I never before knew the full value of trees ... What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full grown. — Thomas Jefferson

Our five senses evolved for survivability, and probably are the minimum necessary for our survival. There is so much of the universe which we cannot and do not see ... We do now know from instrumentation developed just in the last fifty years more about some of what's out there in the universe. — Mary Davis

The feeling of being 'offended' is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues. — Bryant H. McGill

And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must be to control their very birth in the heart, and guard them with the keenest possible restraint. — Algernon H. Blackwood

Moderation is the basis of justice. — George MacDonald