Oratoriae Quotes & Sayings

Now I know what it is like to feel like a total idiot. — Jeff Lindsay

It's not like I don't want to play the guy next door. But sometimes they're not the best written or the most complicated. But I am very, very particular about my bad boys. There are certain types of characters I will not play. I've said no so many times to so many parts that are just way too dark. You have to be careful. — Kim Coates

The Lord has filled my hands until it spilleth over; I am happy to give. — K.A. Hosein

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be. — Doris Lessing

Immigrants aren't the reason wages haven't gone up enough; those decisions are made in the boardrooms that too often put quarterly earnings over long-term returns. — Barack Obama

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it. — Henry Ford

I feel like I share a great relationship with my audience where they trust my judgment and choice of films and sense of comedy. — Vir Das

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all. — Elizabeth I

We live in a time of global transformation. The power on Earth no longer lies with the forces of imperialistic globalisation, but with those groups who are now connecting with the forces of transformation. It is not terror and violence, but trust and solidarity which will lead the new world. This is not just a wishful dream, but the objective reality of the coming epoch. — Dieter Duhm

A liar should have a good memory. - Quintilian, Institutions Oratoriae, iv. 2, 91 — Jodi Picoult

People responded to body language without even thinking. It was important to get it absolutely right. — Sara Sheridan

What now is not just a panic-stricken question tossed into a dark unknown. What now can also be our joy. It is a declaration of possibility, of promise, of chance. It acknowledges that our future is open, that we may well do more than anyone expected of us, that at every point in our development we are still striving to grow. — Ann Patchett

Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being ... Language should be more than just getting by. — Chogyam Trungpa

I ain't askin' nobody for nothin'....so just leave this long haired country boy alone. — Charlie Daniels Band

The character for 'mob' is formed from the character for 'nobility' on one side and the character for 'sheep' on the other. So that's what a mob is, a herd of sheep that turns into a pack of wolves because they believe themselves to be serving a noble cause. — Ken Liu

I don't believe in God, but I have this idea that if there were a God, or destiny of some kind looking down on us, that if he saw you taking anything for granted he'd take it away. — Hugh Laurie