Overington House Quotes & Sayings

There is a thought that stops thought. That is the only thought that ought to be stopped. — G.K. Chesterton

Here's a pointer culled from the careers of men who have attained notable success: Don't sit in your office during the hours prospects can be seen. Do your office work before or after the hours during which possible customers can be reached. This may mean adding an hour or two quite often to your day's work; but in times like this particularly, the securing of a satisfactory amount of business through the expenditure of an extra hour or two a day is not an unreasonable price to pay. — B.C. Forbes

Sun shines with its light; flowers shine with their beauties and men shine with their goodnesses. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You have been saying much about Dr. Carey and his work. When I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey; speak about Dr. Carey's Saviour. — William Carey

America is a country built on unity, hard work and diligent pursuit of personal goals leading to collective success. — George M. Gilbert

A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope. — Christopher Hitchens

Television is a lot more fast-paced, where with films, you really have the ability to get to know your characters. When I was doing guest star roles, I was only one, like, one episode of a thirty minute to an hour show, so you don't really have time to get to know my characters. — Liana Liberato

Every person who has grown to any degree of usefulness, every person who has grown to distinction, almost without exception has been a person who has risen by overcoming obstacles, by removing difficulties, by resolving that when he met discouragements he would not give up. Make up your minds that you are going to overcome every discouragement, and that you are not going to let any discouragement overcome you. Those — Booker T. Washington

Once we have a firm practice of compassion our state of mind becomes stronger which leads to inner peace, giving rise to self-confidence, which reduces fear. This makes for constructive members of the community. Self-centredness on the other hand leads to distance, suspicion, mistrust and loneliness, with unhappiness as the result. — Dalai Lama

Only a fool believed women less dangerous than men, but women often seemed to think men fools when it came to women. — Robert Jordan

Only seven or eight, and yet she knew so exactly how to be cruel and who it was safe to be cruel to. One must admire Nature.. — Jean Rhys

If you want to know the secret of life, learn with enthusiasm and love with all of your heart. — Debasish Mridha

It is no disgrace to rest a bit. — Gene Fowler

...but she shook the detective off and her moan revved up into a full-blown 1950's horror film shriek. — Richard Castle

Let wheel to flow on your body
Tonight I'll be little more rowdy.
Below to lower lips,
Feel ache in hips.

Tonight you will be my jailbird,
So don't behave like nerd.
Tonight I'll make you my follower
By moving this wheel all over. — Delicious David