Mahieu Michel Quotes & Sayings

This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. — Euripides

Some delightful inscriptions are found in second-hand books. One, the most famous of all, may be found in every bookshop in the nation, repeated in a thousand and one volumes with only a single change of phrase in each. It is this: ', with love from Momma. — Vincent Starrett

The literary wiseacres prognosticate in many languages, as they have throughout so many centuries, setting the stage for new hautmonde in letters and making up the public's mind. — Fannie Hurst

She stood in place for a moment with a flirtatious smile on her face. — Andrew Downs

I do build my own backstory as an actor. It's important to know where your characters have come from in order to know where they're going - in order to exist in that state of being. — Sarah Gadon

Without risks my friends there is no progress, no advancement either in science or technology. — Sunday Adelaja

Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good. — Adam Smith

The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage. — Aeschylus

It is in general and odd thing to reach some measure of fame and see one's name bandied about in the newspapers. It is quite another to see oneself turned into a chess piece in a political match. I should call myself a pawn, but I feel that does some disservice to the the obliqueness of my movements. I was a bishop, perhaps, sliding at odd angles, or a knight, jumping from one spot to another. I did not much like the feel of unseen fingers pinching me as I was moved from this square to that. - Benjamin Weaver — David Liss

Our pride is tied up in being right. We tend to favor data that confirm our beliefs, so we don't see alternatives. Too often, leaders practice defense routines that become self-reinforcing. — Nina Easton

We are living in a cultural dark age of musical pollution. You put the radio on, and five minutes later you need an aspirin. — Vangelis