Omas Quotes & Sayings

We take it for granted sometimes that certain parts of our history are told, and we take it for granted that we know all that stuff, and we move forward along on that basis, but there are also massive gaps, and we have to try to address them. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never. — Victor Davis Hanson

It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing? — Ken Follett

A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, and you can only gain a true knowledge of him by inferences from little actions, of which he is unconscious, and from fleeting expressions, which cross his face unknown to him. Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem. But in his book or his picture the real man delivers himself defenceless. His pretentiousness will only expose his vacuity. The lathe painted to look like iron is seen to be but a lathe. No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind. To the acute observer no one can produce the most casual work without disclosing the innermost secrets of the soul. — W. Somerset Maugham

Curran never does anything without a reason," he said. "I was told you'd met him. Perhaps you indirectly challenged him at that meeting."
Indirectly? I had challenged him deliberately. — Ilona Andrews

Success is everyone's child. Failure is an orphan." Omas smiled ruefully. — Karen Traviss

When all else fails fall back on the truth.
No I'm a politician I can't tell the truth

Mara Cal Omas — Walter Jon Williams

I submit these assorted pieces of evidence I'm unwilling to categorize! — Lemony Snicket

Our job is like a baker's work - his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week, they're covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out. — Ryszard Kapuscinski

Hillary Clinton has secured her place in history. She is the first woman to lead a major party's quest for the presidency. — Ari Shapiro

I was no good at being a child. — A.S. Byatt

All the kick-ass girls have red hair. — Marion Roach

I was just happy the fight was over, I knew my arm was broken in the fight. I definitely wasn't going to quit - I've broken bones before and continued fighting but there was a part of me wondering how I was going to ... what strategy I was going to use, to win this fight with a broken left arm in the second and third rounds — Rich Franklin

Kyp has changed.
He hasn't blown up any planets in a few years that's true.
That wasn't precisely Kyp who did that. He was possessed by the spirit of a long-dead Sith Lord named Exar Kun.
That's exactly the sort of thing I hope never to have to explain to a Senatorial committee.

Luke Cal Omas — Walter Jon Williams

I wake up in the morning asking myself what can I do today, how can I help the world today. I believe in what I do beyond a shadow of a doubt. I gave my word to this tree and to all the people that my feet would not touch the ground until I had done everything in my power to make the world aware of this problem and to stop the destruction. — Julia Hill

[Andy Murray] tries to get you to do a lot of different things. He tries to throw you off by giving you some slower balls and some harder balls. — Milos Raonic