Mauds Quotes & Sayings

The mode of reconciling the promise of ever-increasing reward for the cadres and the demands of the working classes for a quid pro quo for their loyalty to the state was to offer the latter a small piece of the pie. — Immanuel Wallerstein

The adventure of the soul among the masterpieces. — Anatole France

Our business model has been to partner with bigger firms and team on projects to gain experience. A bigger firm always enhances my smaller firm's position. — Linda Rawson

The human body is an incredible machine, but most people only get out of that machine what their mind allows them to. — Rich Froning Jr.

Make-up is all about shading; it's about tactical application. — Natalie Dormer

You made quite an impression on the old man, by the way."
"You mean Uncle Yuri?"
"He said he'd marry you. If you weren't related. And if he were fifty years younger. Et cetera. Et cetera."
"That a lot of very important 'ifs', Jacks. — Gabrielle Zevin

Finally realizing what a broken heart really feels like. I'd thought before that I'd known. When Luke broke up with me by text message, when other people had let me down as a child, it had hurt. A lot. But I'd been wrong about those painful moments. They had bruised my heart, yes. But this right here? This was real pain. This was true heartache. — Elle Casey

I'm not praying for God to save me from cancer. I'm not. God will enlighten me when the time comes. And if I've done the right thing, I will be enlightened. And if I believe, I'll be saved. And that's all he promises me. — Elizabeth Edwards

Light is everything in the world to men's eyes Light thirsts after light yes, the soul, twin to the stars moves through space to find, be made eternal by light and grasp, trembling, the sun a torch handed on from runner to runner through the millennia. — Gunvor Hofmo

The bad news is we don't have any control.
The good news is we can't make any mistakes. — Chuck Palahniuk

I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg - I don't usually admit this publicly - because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it - to use it as a way of luring audiences in. — Terry Gilliam

When we do for others, we can't help but be touched by the love and generosity we thought we were giving away. — Kimberly Kirberger

I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character in a book that's by someone else. — Curtis Sittenfeld

Opportunity is present is wreckage as much as it is in that which is wonderful. It's not so much how it comes to us, but what we do with it. — Craig D. Lounsbrough