Optimates Quotes & Sayings

Your husband certainly love money,' she said. 'That is no lie Money have pretty face for everybody, but for that man money pretty like pretty self, he can't see nothing else. — Jean Rhys

Dad, she's beautiful. I remember where she was standing. — Kasie West

My heart is eternally yours, but my soul will always be hell bound. — Reyna Pryde

Quick guys get tired; big guys don't shrink. — Marv Harshman

Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. — Anonymous

If I didn't play baseball I don't know what I would do. It just doesn't seem right if I go a day without baseball. — Mark Mulder

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself. — Fanny Brice

All men and women of good will are bound by the task of pursuing peace. — Pope Francis

Gaston Boissier, who wrote in the mid-nineteenth century what is still one of the most charming and witty books on Cicero, observed: He always belonged to the best party [i.e., the optimates] ... only he made it a rule not to serve his party; he was contented with giving it his good wishes. But these good wishes were the warmest imaginable. ... His reserve only began when it was necessary to act. ... The more we think about it, the less we can imagine the reasons he could give [his friends] to justify his conduct. — Anthony Everitt

My father was one of the fortunate wartime servicemen: he made a full recovery from his injuries, was promoted to captain, survived the war, had a satisfying career as a colonial officer and, eventually, died in February 2002, a month before his 85th birthday. — Michael Ashcroft

Imagine how weird phones would look if your mouth was nowhere near your ears. — Steven Wright

She wondered if J.D. had polo ponies on his condoms. — Julie James

Young people seldom turn out as one predicts, so it is of little use to expect anything,' said Mrs. Meg with a sigh. 'If our children are good and useful men and women, we should be satisfied; yet it's very natural to wish them to be brilliant and successful. — Louisa May Alcott