Lutkens Quotes & Sayings

We have had good and bad Presidents, and it is a consoling reflection that the American Nation possesses such elements of prosperity that the bad Presidents cannot destroy it, and have been able to do no more than slightly to retard the public's advancement. — Henry Clay

Nothing keeps. There is one law in the universe: NOW. — Alfred Sutro

Before marriage she thought herself in love; but the happiness that should have followed this love not having come, she must, she thought, have been mistaken. And Emma tried to find out what one meant exactly in life by the words felicity, passion, rapture, that had seemed to her so beautiful in books. — Anonymous

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart. — Menander

For many years, it seemed as if nothing changed in Norway. You could leave the country for three months, travel the world, through coups d'etat, assassinations, famines, massacres and tsunamis, and come home to find that the only new thing in the newspapers was the crossword puzzle. — Jo Nesbo

Forgive me. It was stupid of me to think you might need company, when clearly all you required was that decanter."
"It was not stupid. It was very kind. Quite soft, actually. A very warm, womanly gesture. I am touched." He smiled softly. "However, if you truly want to help, if you really want to distract me, there are better ways. When I saw that dress, I dared hope you had realized that. — Madeline Hunter

By clarity I don't mean that we're always in kind of a simple area where everything is clear and comforting and understood. Clarity is certainly a way toward disorientation because if you don't start out - if the reader isn't grounded, if the reader is disoriented in the beginning of the poem, then the reader can't be led astray or disoriented later. — Billy Collins

Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than others, they have an edge ... — George Soros

The first kiss can be as terrifying as the last. — Daina Chaviano

I wish someone would give my heart a polygraph; it keeps lying and flipping and changing its mind. — Jasmine Warga

And you haven't been betrayed yet, Nick. You don't know what that's like. What it does to you. The scars it leaves that never fade. (Ambrose) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

There's no psychological barrier anymore that stops a young person or an older person from taking heroin. — Mike DeWine

What's the point of living if you spend it worrying about dying? — Dawn L. Chiletz