Pirmklasigas Quotes & Sayings

In her, as an Alexandrian, licence was in a curious way a form of self-abnegation, a travesty of freedom; and if I saw her as an exemplar of the city it was not of Alexandria, or Plotinus that I was forced to think, but of the sad thirtieth child of Valentinus who fell, 'not like Lucifer by rebelling against God, but by desiring too ardently to be united to him'.* — Lawrence Durrell

No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives. — Magic Johnson

When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood. — John Tillotson

I'm not your executioner. I'm not your devil and I'm not your God. I'm Charles Manson. — Charles Manson

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell. — Carrie Fisher

The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom. — Epicurus

Goodness gracious! - What's that? It's the clock striking! And here I've been keeping you awake. Oh, madam, you ought to have stopped me... Can I tuck in your feet? I always tuck in my lady's feet, every night, just the same. And she says, "Good night, Ellen. Sleep sound and wake early!" I don't know what I should do if she didn't say that, now. ... — Katherine Mansfield

The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it. — Seneca The Younger

Without love, violence will change the world; it will change it into a more violent one. — William Sloane Coffin

It's true. Hitler was a vegetarian. Just goes to show, vegetarianism, not always a good thing. Can in some extreme cases lead to genocide. — Bill Bailey

You live life looking forward, you understand life looking backward. — Soren Kierkegaard

Wait!" Dovewing panted, pebbles spraying out behind. Bumblestripe eased his pace enough for her to catch up. "What?" he growled. "Look." Dovewing tried to catch her breath but Bumblestripe was still running hard. "I'm sorry I snapped." Bumblestripe turned his head to look at her, his gaze hard as ice. "I'm tired of being used as your scratching post," he hissed. "From now on sharpen your claws on someone else." Dovewing's pelt pricked. "It's not my fault!" "I get it, okay?" He didn't even look at her. He just kept running. "You don't like me the same way I like you. I'll get over it. I'm just disappointed you're not the cat I thought you were. — Erin Hunter

Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points. — Percival Lowell