Mdcccix Quotes & Sayings

Though you thrust a knife at my eyes, I will not flinch. — Lynn Flewelling

When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside, [but] they're like,'You know, I don't want to do this, but I know my mother's going to be mad.'That matters to kids, and it helps get them through. — Geoffrey Canada

A German merchant of the fifteenth century asked an eminent professor where he should send his son for a good business education. The professor responded that German universities would be sufficient to teach the boy addition and subtraction but he would have to go to Italy to learn multiplication and division. Before you smile indulgently, try multiplying or even just adding the Roman numerals CCLXIV, MDCCCIX, DCL, and MLXXXI without first translating them. — John Allen Paulos

Why should the immediate opportunity set be the only one considered, when tomorrow's may well be considerably more fertile than today's? — Seth Klarman

A magical universe was so terrifying because it was so irrational. There was no cause and effect anywhere. — Edith Hamilton

God did not die; he was transformed into money — Giorgio Agamben

Yes, I love your eyes - they are black and deep and almond-shaped but I see the kindness in those eyes I have never seen before, — Durjoy Datta

I try and create for the audience something that relates to real-life experience. — Mike Leigh

It used to be that I could talk to someone in Texas and nobody would hear about it. Now, the moment I open my mouth it's all over the world. The second I say something, guys in Germany know about it. It's basically a wonderful thing because more information is spread, but you have to keep your mouth shut. — Paul Reed Smith

Jennifer Garner and I are very close. — Melissa George

SPRING COMES INTO Massachusetts with her famous flame. God's breath warming the winter out of things — Sebastian Barry

Every little dirty thing you're thinking and more. — Abigail Roux