Pinoy Tambayan Quotes & Sayings

Brunetti had long been of the opinion that one of the handicaps of stupidity was its inability to imagine intelligence. — Donna Leon

I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good. — Michael Heizer

Why did you give me a freedom for which I was unfit? Why did you stop teaching me? If you wished it, if you guided me differently, none of all this would happened. I should not now be punished, for no fault at all, by your indifference and even contempt, and you would not have taken from me unjustly all that I valued in life.
Let us be thankful that there is an end of the old emotions and excitements.
That day ended a romance of our marriage. Old feeling became a precious irrecoverable remembrance but a new feeling of love for my kids and their father laid the foundation of a new life and quite different happiness. That life and happiness lasted until to the present time. — Leo Tolstoy

I assumed he would be busy with some inflatable whore! Or did she round a corner to fast and bust a tit on her way here? — Jennifer Loren

They walked, and the long waves rolled and murmured rhythmically beside them; the fresh salty wind blew free and unobstructed in their faces, wrapped itself around their ears, and made them feel slightly numb and deliciously dizzy. They walked along in that wide, peaceful, whispering hush of the sea that gives every sound, near or far, some mysterious importance. — Thomas Mann

The G7 - and earlier, the G8 - were a group of countries that shared the same values with regard to freedom and democracy, and through the annexation of Crimea, Russia made it clear at a certain point that these values of keeping the peace, integrity of the borders of a country were not being respected. — Angela Merkel

It was like being weighed down my rocks, unable to reach the surface no matter how hard I tried. "I — Jessica Prince

As a matter of fact since Barack Obama has been president it is more overt - I believe - than it's been since the 1940's and 50's and so I am not surprised by it. I think it's an excellent teaching tool, particular for my sons and our people to understand that we still have to build within our community. We still have to work with one another. We still have to connect even with people outside of this country. — Kwame Kilpatrick

People don't roll around naked in my books. I do allow them to go to bed if they're married, but it's all very wonderful and the moon beams. — Barbara Cartland

Being Mexican ... means being there for each other. It's togetherness, like a familia. We should be helping one another, cheering our friends on. — Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Please don't follow in my footsteps. I'm already knee-deep in them, and am sinking rapidly... — Tony James Slater

Though my behavior was worsening day by day, it was still difficult for her to reconcile the old image that she had of her daughter as trustworthy, hard working, and independent with the new, unpredictable, and dangerous one. — Susannah Cahalan