Philpost Quotes & Sayings

Three treasons you will know;. One for blood, one for gold, and one for love. — George R R Martin

Surprising choice proves hardest to come by. Most choices, even the disastrous ones, are predictable. — Carrie Snyder

He tells people that they can no more expect justice in the afterlife than in the mortal plane, but he doesn't do this to dissuade them from worshipping God; on the contrary, he encourages them to do so. What he insists on is that they not love God under a misapprehension, that if they wish to love God, they be prepared to do so no matter His intentions. God is not just, God is not kind, God is not merciful, and understanding that is essential to true devotion. — Ted Chiang

There is no amount of darkness that can extinguish the inner light. The important thing is not to spend our lives trying to control the environment around us. The task is to control the environment within us. — Joan D. Chittister

Get informed, not by reading The Huffington Post. — Barack Obama

I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that one often has to work very hard to beat them. — Nigel Short

The world is a giant community now. This excuse of distance, time, doesn't work ... We're all so connected. We can't spend every second of our lives worrying about another family miles away but we somehow have to factor it in where we can. — Ralph Fiennes

This is a truism of child-raising, of course - whatever you give special time and attention to cooking, your children will despise and reject, with annoying gagging sounds. — Marni Jackson

The real challenge in this line of work is being able to weed the productive ones from the chaff, to decide which you're going to spend the next six to nine months turning into something that people will pay for. — Charles Stross

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. — Augustine Of Hippo

things keep falling in and out of place.
this is the universe's way of taking care of me. — AVA.

What is the speed of dark? — Steven Wright

Dining is the privilege of civilization ... The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress. — Isabella Beeton