Mikhailovsky Castle Quotes & Sayings

But I wouldn't call myself sadistic. — Sean Connery

Will these millions of children, for generations upon future generations, know that some of their atoms cycled through this woman? [ ... ] Will they feel what she felt in her life, will their memories have flickering strokes of her memories, will they recall that moment long ago when she stood by the window, guilt ridden and confused, and watched as the tadr bird circled the cistern? No, it is not possible. [ ... ] But I will let them have their own brief glimpse of the Void, just at that moment they pass from living to dead, from animate to inanimate, from consciousness to that which has no consciousness. For a moment, they will understand infinity. — Alan Lightman

Strength of my heart, I need not fail,
Not mind to fear but to obey,
With such a Leader, who could quail?
Thou art as Thou wert yesterday.
Strength of my heart, I rest in Thee,
Fulfil Thy purposes through me. — Amy Carmichael

It was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline that good soldier should dread his own officers far more than the enemy — Edward Gibbon

I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad. — Rik Mayall

For the demise of the Latin monarch, he who will reign with help and support will burn a brilliant fire. The Republic's booty divided and its bold dream disappeared. — Nostradamus

It's not quite right to be sitting outside India and to be judging what is happening in India. — Vijay Mallya

ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple, and it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way. — Barack Obama