Oronsay Quotes & Sayings

There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something. — Frank Lampard

In spite of this, our table's status on the Oronsay continued to be minimal, while those at the Captain's Table were constantly toasting to one another's significance. That was a small lesson I learned on the journey. What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at the head table, held together by familiar rhetoric. Those who already have power continue to glide along in the familiar rut they have made for themselves. — Michael Ondaatje

My criteria for doing a television series never changed. I wanted more stability, I wanted more of a sense of family, I wanted to do light comedy. — Kathryn Bigelow

A good parent prepares the child for the path, not the path for the child. — Jen Hatmaker

In modern capitalism economic exploitation rather than political oppression is the real enemy of the people. — Emma Goldman

In Land of Milk and Money, Anthony Barcellos mines rich family history to create a full-blooded tale that readers will find insightful, rewarding, and entertaining. — John Lescroart

One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies. — Abba Louisa Goold Woolson

The whole glittering nebula of shapes was framed by midnight colors - black, bruised blue, indigo, all textured into intricacy by clouds and the reachless vaults between them. Here, darkness was not simple; it hinted at structures and meanings, hidden activity and watchful eyes. Beacons flickered, miles away, then disappeared behind fog banks. Half-glimpsed ropes twisted and contorted their way up, down, and to every side, synapses reaching to contact the outlier towns and factories of Sere's hinterland. One or two of those ropes, if you followed them far enough, would emerge into sunlight at other nations' borders. — Karl Schroeder

When anything is pointed out, our only idea is to go from wrong to right; in spite of the fact that it has taken us years to get to wrong we try to get right in a moment. — F. Matthias Alexander

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. — Eric Brown

If you think safety is expensive, try pricing an accident, as the sign says. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic. — Francesca Lia Block

I failed the test. He's right. It wasn't justice. Justice is dispassionate; it is fair. I am the leader. I passed the sentence. I should have done it. Instead, I gave license to vengeance and vendetta. The cancer will not be cut away; I made it worse. — Pierce Brown

Nothing happens by itself ... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions. — Ben Stein

I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible. — Julie Christie

A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he — Stendhal