Most Powerful Stoic Quotes & Sayings

I'm sorry. I can't serve him that item," the waitress said, only somewhat surprising her since she had a pretty good idea why.
"Why not?" she found herself asking anyway out of curiosity to see if she was right.
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"Because he's a Bradford," the woman explained with a shrug. — R.L. Mathewson

The good-humor of a man elated with success often displays itself towards enemies. — Thomas B. Macaulay

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. - VICTOR HUGO — Eric Greitens

Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice is the North Star, the burning bush, the holy virgin. It cannot be bought, sold, or mass produced. It is intangible, ineffable, and invisible, but if you are to spend your life in its pursuit, it is best to believe it exists, and that you can attain it. — Paul Levine

so he sat smoking on the sofa with the lower trouser leg hanging empty towards the floor, lost in thought. — Robert Galbraith

So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to ensure that our economy grows, that we create jobs. — Jay Carney

You smell wonderful," he told her. "So aroused." "That's the bug spray," she said. — Sindra Van Yssel

I don't want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble. — Don DeLillo

I want to be the guy out there on the edge. — Eric Church

In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news. — Bob Edwards

Every generation thinks they invented sex, which is the stupidest assumption in the world because if that was the case, you wouldn't even be here. — Jeff Foxworthy