Pocita Quotes & Sayings

That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow. — George Eliot

I was brought up with old-fashioned values. I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend until I finished school. I wasn't allowed to wear make-up: the nuns would scrub your face if they saw it. — Imelda May

The greatest victory a person can have is the victory over himself. — Sunday Adelaja

Truth, like time, is an idea arising from, and dependent upon, human intercourse. — Isak Dinesen

Roarke's brow cocked as he noted Casto take in the black satin that slithered over Eve's body. In the manner of men or unfriendly male dogs, Roarke showed his teeth. — J.D. Robb

Away with your president! We shall have a king ... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and assist in making him king and fight against you. And what have you to oppose this force? What will then become of you and your rights? — Patrick Henry

You can leave a kid alone and it will learn to fend for itself, how to work the remote, a tin opener, and the microwave. I see the holidays as a chance for kids to learn self-sufficiency. — Al Murray

I like vodka tonics and gin & tonics. I also like gimlets. I like things that have sweetness with a bit of a kick. — Lea Salonga

You can't go around making plans that have you getting killed as a by-product. Eventually one of them is going to work. — Holly Black

At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just didn't feel my family was supportive and emotionally generous. — Paula Danziger

We've never been anti-Semitic. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda. — Helmut Schmidt

I think we often hold heroines to an absurd standard. Be brave! Be wise! Always know what's in your heart and speak the truth of it! No and no and no. We fight to be brave. We learn to be wise. We struggle to know ourselves and voice what we want. — Leigh Bardugo

I wake up in the morning and I see that flower, with the dew on its petals, and at the way it's folding out, and it makes me happy, she said. It's important to focus on the things in the here and now, I think. In a month, the flower will be shriveled and you will miss its beauty if you don't make the effort to do it now. Your life, eventually, is the same way. — Dan Buettner