Mangaris Quotes & Sayings

To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortune, and not your fortune by your desires. — Jeremy Taylor

I used to worry about every little thing, trying to figure out every problem. Well, I realize now how foolish that was. I was no more in control of my life than the man on the moon. — Joyce Meyer

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start. — John Grisham

Then Morgoth stretching out his long arm towards Dor-lomin cursed Hurin and Morwen and their offspring, saying: 'Behold! The shadow of my thought shall lie upon them wherever they go, and my hate shall pursue them to the ends of the world. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I quickly scrawled my number and Colt across the paper and placed it in her palm. She looked down at my number and smiled.

"Colt. Like a horse?"

"Like the gun, sweetheart." I winked and her face brightened with a nervous smile. — Teresa Mummert

Clear, unscaleable ahead, Rise the mountains of instead From whose cold, cascading streams None may drink except in dreams — W. H. Auden

In a land of fear ... incorruptibility is like a lamp set upon a stand, giving light to all in the house. — Alan Paton

Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed. — Ken Follett

Of offering more than what I can deliver,
I have a bad habit, it is true.
But I have to offer more than I can deliver,
To be able to deliver what I do. — Ken Kesey

Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology. — Yuval Noah Harari

I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema. — Tatum O'Neal

Vengeance is an empty thing, Darrow. — Pierce Brown

I have always clung, or maybe I wanted to cling, to bits and pieces of existence here and there, with no coherence, no center, no continuity in my life. There is a shorter way of saying this: I am a mess. — Elif Shafak

I will begin with the self-styled "Christian" party, who profess to base their morality on the New Testament. But whether it is really more Christian to follow or to ignore the teachings of the Gospels I shall not discuss. — F.H. Bradley