Ostentation Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

Most books germinate within you for a long time before they are ready to come out. I wrote several drafts of the novel over many years and when I finally got to the last one, it didn't take much time. — Pankaj Mishra

There are moments on earth when the Lord smiles at the unexpected sweetness of His creation. — Mitch Albom

Did you hear that? a woman asked. I crouched behind the growth. No. No, you didn't hear anything. Don't mind me, I'm not hiding the corpse of a nasty creature behind your flower bed. Nope. Nothing here but cute, fluffy bunnies scampering adorably into the night ... — Ilona Andrews

Condemning Nyasha to whoredom, making her a victim of her femaleness, just as I had felt victimised at home in the days when Nhamo went to school and I grew my maize. The victimisation, I saw, was universal. It didn't depend on poverty, on lack of education or on tradition. It didn't depend on any of the things I had thought it depended on. Men took it everywhere with them. Even heroes like Babamukuru did it. And that was the problem. You had to admit Nyasha had no tact. You had to admit she was altogether too volatile and strong-willed. You couldn't ignore the fact that she had no respect for Babamukuru when she ought to have had lots of it. But what I didn't like was the way that all conflicts came back to the question of femaleness. Femaleness as opposed and inferior to maleness. — Tsitsi Dangarembga

There is no happiness higher than what a man obtains by this attitude of non-offensiveness, to all creation. — Swami Vivekananda

I trust and believe that this College, this seed that we have sown, will grow to shelter and nurture generations who may add most notably to the strength and happiness of our people, and to the knowledge and peaceful progress of the world. 'The mighty oak from an acorn towers; A tiny seed can fill a field with flowers.' — Winston Churchill

Healthy competition places discipline on the market and should focus providers on providing the best service at a lower cost. — Julius Genachowski

And the Buck women found themselves in the novel position of having two healthy, strong men at their bidding. — Sarah Mayberry

I am the happiest person on this world, who has never seen ups and downs in life. I got whatever I wished for ... And I woke up! — Rahul Rampal

And because he loves me, he tries to understand me. It is my fear that stops me talking to him. Because even if it is irrational and it isn't what he wants to hear, Keith has loved me for so long, he'd find a way to make what I feel work for us both. I would do the same for him. That's what our love is about. — Dorothy Koomson

If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything. — Wyclef Jean

My truth could be very different than your truth. — Debasish Mridha