Ohridnews Quotes & Sayings

More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013. — Bill Maher

I suppose I also have a fondness for Cities because it was my first published novel - writing it got me over what had, up until that time, seemed like an insurmountable hurdle - the writing and completion of a novel. Oh, I'd begun several novels over the years, but never had the staying power or the faith in my own work to finish one. — Lucy Taylor

Everyone yearns for heaven, and nothing binds you to the hope of eternal life like that kind of defeat on earth. — Jacquelyn Mitchard

Girl. Woman. So much more vulnerable. Strong and yet weak. A heart that knew no armor. — Cornelia Funke

Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, enabled me to gain much important information as to the position and designs of the enemy. — Belle Boyd

Under the chivalrous rules of warfare as practiced in Europe and the Middle East during the Crusades, enemy aristocrats displayed superficial, and often pompous, respect for one another while freely slaughtering common soldiers. Rather than kill their aristocratic enemy on the battlefield, they preferred to capture him as a hostage whom they could ransom back to his family or country. The Mongols did not share this code. To the contrary, they sought to kill all the aristocrats as quickly as possible in order to prevent future wars against them, and Genghis Khan never accepted enemy aristocrats into his army and rarely into his service in any capacity. — Jack Weatherford

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. — Jimmy Carter

I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion. — Miyavi

A man of correct insight among those who are duped and deluded resembles one whose watch is right while all the clocks in the town give the wrong time. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Markets work when people can evaluate the prices and risks of different products, then pick the ones that work best for them. But when the terms of the deal are hidden, competition doesn't work. And customers aren't the only ones who are hurt. — Elizabeth Warren

I can see how Americans misconstrue British reserve, and I can see how British people misconstrue American enthusiasm. I think I'm somewhere in between the two. Although I'm outgoing, I'm also very private. — Julianne Moore