Nescis Quotes & Sayings

You little know what a ticklish thing it is to go to law.
[Lat., Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem.] — Plautus

Knowest thou not that kings have long hands?
[Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?] — Ovid

The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone. — Yousuf Karsh

Man is one; and he hath one great heart. It is thus we feel, with a gigantic throb athwart the sea, each other's rights and wrongs; thus are we men. — Philip James Bailey

The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close. — Alma Katsu

Every lie a person tells is an emotional dead end road that puts weight on the heart. Satisfaction is always in the truth. — Ron Baratono

IF YOU DON'T GO AFTER WHAT YOU WANT; YOU COULD SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE SETTLING FOR WHAT YOU CAN GET — Mo Stegall

The NFL, like life, is full of idiots. — Randy Cross

Miss Aubrey, come and have pity on us. We are reading novels and feel our manliness diminishing by the moment. Come restore our vanity, do, and tell us we look the dashing officers we once were. — Julie Klassen

And now all this rot about invisible injuries and interrupting Prince Gervais as he and I don't see what business it is of I can do what I like and I think you're simply and that's that!
Una paused there, wondering if what she'd just said had made a lick of sense. Judging from Prince Aethelbald's face, it hadn't. — Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Trying too hard to be too good, even when trying to be bad, is too good for the bad, too bad for the good. — Dejan Stojanovic

Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them. — George Steinbrenner

It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me.' Being popular is poison. — Zach Galifianakis

We have just enough time and money to compare ourselves to others who have more time and money, and we think we should be able to accomplish everything they do and have, without being able to see the sacrifices others have made to have the things they do. We grew up learning we could do anything we put our minds to, but the reality is that you just can't have it all. So when we fail to live up to our own expectations, we think it is because of a problem within us instead of recognizing the very real limitations that come with having finite resources of time, money, and talent. — Jessica N. Turner