Nesmluven Quotes & Sayings

Usually, the murmur that rises up from Paris by day is the city talking; in the night it is the city breathing; but here it is the city singing. Listen, then, to this chorus of bell-towers - diffuse over the whole the murmur of half a million people - the eternal lament of the river - the endless sighing of the wind - the grave and distant quartet of the four forests placed upon the hills, in the distance, like immense organpipes - extinguish to a half light all in the central chime that would otherwise be too harsh or too shrill; and then say whetehr you know of anything in the world more rich, more joyous, more golden, more dazzling, than this tumult of bells and chimes - this furnace of music - these thousands of brazen voices, all singing together in flutes of stone three hundred feet high, than this city which is but one orchestra - this symphony which roars like a tempest. — Victor Hugo

Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority. — William Hague

Sometimes if I can't sleep and I am up in the night, I will start researching things - it could be an image I've seen, or a book I am reading. — Georgina Chapman

You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen. — Albert Brooks

Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood. — Betty Smith

There were people in the South who were ardently opposed to slavery. And maybe, if we get into truth and reconciliation, those will be the people we want to name schools and streets after. — Bryan Stevenson

But he who feels too much,
He soars in angels' tears of joy ... — Stephan Attia

I have known John McCain personally since 1982. I wrote a well-received speech for him. — Christopher Buckley

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older. — Mireille Enos

You can't visit the sins of the father upon the child. — August Wilson

I am a strong believer that intellectual property rights need to be protected. — Jim Oberweis

Only animals should have to pee in the woods. — Tess Gerritsen

What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction — Oprah Winfrey

They seemed to despise each other, with a kind of loyalty. — Olivia Sudjic

There was a certain history to this. While heavily pregnant with Amelia, she had asked him if she was radiant or if she just looked like a waddling duck. He told her she'd looked like a radiant duck. This had not been the correct answer. — Julia Quinn