Obviated The Necessity Quotes & Sayings

Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner. — George R R Martin

I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it. — James Blunt

I thought, as I have my living to get, and have not eaten today, that I might go a- fishing. That's the true industry for poets. It is the only trade I have learned. — Henry David Thoreau

A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done. — Howard Raiffa

A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip. — Hunter S. Thompson

Because it's not true that suffering purifies people; that we become better, wiser, more understanding in the process. We become cold and indifferent. When, for the first time in our lives, we properly understand our fate, we become almost calm. Calm and extraordinarily, terrifyingly lonely. — Sandor Marai

There is so much to see - little alleys and passageways leading to courtyards with intricate stone fountains, ancient and modern sculptures, and fascinating little boutiques and shops. — E.L. James