Ognjan Radivojevic Quotes & Sayings

And it is then, when The Cause, with its greedy mouth, tries to take more from you, tries to take that part of you that you cannot give away, it is only then that you realize all of your sacrifices have been for nothing. You have given yourself to a fraud. And what is left to replace what has been taken is not a hero's pride, but a bitter emptiness that sours even that last little core of yourself that you cling to. This is the destiny of the man who serves, the man who stands for others. This is the lot of the ones who go out to confront the wolf. This is the disillusionment of all those who protect the flock. This is their secret: that they have allowed their instincts to be used, not for the protection of others, but for the gain of a few. And their "honor" is a monument to the ashes of all those little pieces of themselves that they never got back. — D.J. Molles

The believers in miracles accept them (rightly or wrongly) because they have evidence for them. The disbelievers in miracles deny them (rightly or wrongly) because they have a doctrine against them. — G.K. Chesterton

Christ has made my soul beautiful with the jewels of grace and virtue. I belong to Him Whom the Angels serve. — Agnes Of Rome

I can take criticism. Or at least, I can if you put it nicely. — Kerstin Gier

Somebody is smitten with my Buttercup. — R.K. Lilley

I don't really believe in vices. I love wine and cheese and chocolate, but they're what make life fun. They're a pleasure and an important part of living. — Donna Air

There's a lot of food restriction in the Bible, but it does say you're allowed to eat crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. I decided to take advantage of that and eat a cricket. It was chocolate-covered, and I'm not sure that's the way they were served in Moses' time. But this was a rule that seemed crazy on the outside, then actually turned out to be pragmatic and compassionate. — A. J. Jacobs

After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan. — Elton John

He that hath a scrupulous conscience is like a horse that is not well weighed; he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge. — John Selden

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it. — Noel Gallagher

In my lifetime I've been to bed with men, women, and odd pieces of furniture. — Tallulah Bankhead

I never had any flesh and blood children, you know. Only words, and paintings, and images of light that flickered in the darkness, and were too soon over. — Neil Gaiman

But all fires, of wood or grief, burn down to ashes eventually. — Robin Hobb

Troubled times do call for troubled songs, songs that unsettle our souls and our spirits unapologetically. — Tavis Smiley