Nebridius And Augustine Quotes & Sayings

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there. — Don Baylor

In words which can still bring tears to the eyes, St. Augustine describes the desolation into which the death of his friend Nebridius plunged him (Confessions IV, 10). Then he draws a moral. This is what comes, he says, of giving one's heart to anything but God. All human beings pass away. Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only Beloved who will never pass away. — C.S. Lewis

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. — Khaleda Zia

For Courtney's whole life, seeing the world had only been a dream, but now, as Adrian Diamond's daughter, it could be a reality. — Michelle Madow

The custom of prefixing or appending to historical narratives an estimate of the character and personality of the principal agent is of doubtful advantage at the best of times - it either imparts a specious unity to the action or permits apology or condemnation on moral and emotional grounds. — Ronald Syme

He'll see that if you love a woman, you fight like hell to hold on to her. And you don't fucking walk away when things get tough. — Abbi Glines

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people. — Zoe Kazan

Years have passed, I suppose. I'm not really counting them anymore. But I think of this thing often: Perhaps there is a Golden Age someplace, a Renaissance for me sometime, a special time somewhere, somewhere but a ticket, a visa, a diary-page away. I don't know where or when. Who does? Where are all the rains of yesterday?
In the invisible city?
Inside me?
It is cold and quiet outside and the horizon is infinity. There is no sense of movement.
There is no moon, and the stars are very bright, like broken diamonds, all. — Roger Zelazny

The Tea Party is clearing gunk out of the fuel lines of this country. It started with throwing out Democrats, but the Republicans are going to be next. We're doing what needs to be done for the sake of the country. — Brad Thor

Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for mine, I'd rather have the money — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Well, I'll stick to the Old Testament, picking it to pieces usually doesn't upset people quite so much. — Robert A. Heinlein