Oldys Soul Quotes & Sayings

One's past is not one's destiny, and it is self-serving to pretend that it is. If henceforth I were miserable, it would be my own fault: and I vowed never to waste my substance on petty domestic conflict. — Theodore Dalrymple

I wonder why it is that when I plan a route too carefully, it goes to pieces, whereas if I blunder along in blissful ignorance aimed in a fancied direction I get through with no trouble. — John Steinbeck

The third major rebel against Catholicism was Henry VIII, whose administration burned, on average, 3.25 heretics per year.38 — Steven Pinker

I'm not against gay people. — Manny Pacquiao

Don't try to change the world. To find yourself in a new world, change your thoughts. — Debasish Mridha

But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a. — John Galliano

And I'm okay with drowning. — Pleasefindthis

No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from the road which Providence has pointed us to so plainly; I cannot believe it will ever come to pass. — George Washington

I'm very open and honest, and I feel like it's important for women to hear that we're not perfect; none of us are perfect. And sometimes we aspire to have these ideas in our heads of what perfection is, and I probably would've been better off if I'd left myself alone. — Adrienne Bailon

The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker and Father of the universe. — Clement Of Alexandria

My homie lost his family and snapped, shot up half the block to bring them back. — Tupac Shakur

A paunchy man with a face the color of corned beef, — Robert Galbraith