Nisshoki Quotes & Sayings

The Witcher had a knife to his throat. He was wallowing in a wooden tub, brimfull with soapsuds, his head thrown agains the slippery rim. The bitter taste of soap lingered in his mouth as the knife, blunt as a doorknob, scraped his Adam's apple painfully and moved towards his chin with a grating sound. — Andrzej Sapkowski

You can be with one of the most beautiful women in the world and still be unhappy. — Rod Stewart

My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren't comfortable with that. — Mae Jemison

Figure 28: The intelligent investor: strategy, process requirements and attitude — Frederik Vanhaverbeke

All women are good - good for nothing, or good for something. — Miguel De Cervantes

It's just as difficult to reach a destination you don't have, as it is to come back from a place you've never been. — Zig Ziglar

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. — Graham Greene

...Because I have a a serious medical condition. Gabe shook his head ruefully. It's called foot-in-mouth disease. — Avery Flynn

The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next to one student, concentrated attention, shining this beam of light on their work, on their thoughts and their self-expression, is going to be absolutely transformative, because so many of the students have not had that ever before. — Dave Eggers

By the same token, frozen dinners, a microwave oven, a dishwasher, and an illegal immigrant hired to clean the house and take one's cat to the vet would have seemed like the epitome of materialism in another time, but now provide the only means available for two-career couples to work hard enough at their jobs to earn the salaries they need to pay for those labor-saving amenities. — Robert Wuthnow

The tropical night has the companionability of a Roman Catholic Cathedral compared to the Protestant Churches of the North, which let you in on business only. Here in the great room everybody comes and goes, this is the place where things are going on. — Isak Dinesen

In order for grace to truly be grace, it has to extend to absolutely everyone, no matter what, no questions, no exceptions. Otherwise we think that somehow, by living a moral life ... we've deserved it — Jay Bakker