Mnyrr Quotes & Sayings

The four had rented a riverside cottage and lived together there as two couples. Their vice was public, official and perfectly obvious to all. It was referred to quite naturally as something entirely normal. There were rumours about jealous scenes that took place there and about the various actresses and other famous women who frequented the little cottage near the water's edge. One neighbour, scandalized by the goings-on, alerted the police at one stage and an inspector accompanied by one of his men came to make enquiries. It was a delicate mission: there was nothing the women could be prosecuted for, least of all prostitution. The inspector was deeply puzzled and could not understand what these alleged misdemeanours could possibly be. He asked a whole lot of pointless questions, compiled a lengthy report and dismissed the charges out of hand. The joke spread as far as Saint-Germain. — Guy De Maupassant

When I was growing up, no one could get away with telling me I couldn't do something "because you're a girl." In fact, if someone wanted me not to do something, that was the worst thing they could say: It practically guaranteed I'd run out and try to do it. — Rivka Solomon

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. — Bil Keane

I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it. — James Woods

There is always more in one of Ramanujan's formulae than meets the eye, as anyone who sets to work to verify those which look the easiest will soon discover. In some the interest lies very deep, in others comparatively near the surface; but there is not one which is not curious and entertaining. — G.H. Hardy

It is Martin King who taught that a real moral struggle
seeks to win partners, not to leave victims. — Maulana Karenga

I have always been physically active. I grew up a tomboy and [was] into sports, so staying active is something that I enjoy. — Tricia Helfer

I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the action and the thought of the nation in broad and important spheres in life. — George Will

The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac represents the twelve lessons of human existence, the 12 qualities to be developed in the formation of the perfect man (and woman). — Vera Stanley Alder

I was arrested in 1965 for opposing the war in Vietnam. There were 39 of us arrested that day. But thousands opposed us. And the majority of the people in the country supported the war then. — Bill Ayers

God meant for the Bible to be bread for our daily use, not just cake for special occasions. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

Acknowledge the good around you and the simplicity it takes to recognise it — Moonish Sood

Therefore, when we neglect to fear such a brittle monstrosity, we render it powerless. — Chuck Palahniuk

Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality. — Andre Maurois

Gamification is as important as social and mobile.* — Bing Gordon