Makatang Salita Quotes & Sayings

If you are dreaded by many then beware of many. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius

In a way, comedy is like sex. The more noise you hear, the better you think you're doing. — Ray Romano

The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. "Of course, at the time I was pretending to be a casual passerby and not a father at all. — Jeanne Birdsall

While it is February one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch. — Patience Strong

Busy is good because it shows
you're alive. — Alison G. Bailey

The British judiciary needs to support intellectual property. — James Dyson

Time is old. Life is short.
Only this moment is guaranteed to you.
Fight hard to do the things you dream of.
You may not have another chance. — Heather Dorff

Fit yourself for the best society, and then, never enter it. — John Ruskin

He told me we were stars. — Rainbow Rowell

He thinks things through too much. — Stephenie Meyer

We're all killers at heart ... I have never taken anybody's life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction. — Clarence Darrow

I therefore concluded it was wisest to take quietly whatever he chose to inflict, but as the strokes fell upon my back, I firmly resolved that I would no longer be a slave. I would now escape or die in the attempt. They might shoot me down if they chose, but I would not live a slave. — James Curry

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors. — Cyril Cusack

On the ethics of war the Quran and the New Testament are worlds apart. Whereas Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek, the Quran tells us, 'Whoso commits aggression against you, do you commit aggression against him' (2:194). The New Testament says nothing about how to wage war. The Quran, by contrast, is filled with just-war precepts. Here war is allowed in self-defense (2:190; 22:39), but hell is the punishment for killing other Muslims (4:93), and the execution of prisoners of war is explicitly condemned (47:4). Whether in the abstract is is better to rely on a scripture that regulates war or a scripture that hopes war away is an open question, but no Muslim-majority country has yet dropped an atomic bomb in war. — Stephen R. Prothero