Polakowski Maureens Quotes & Sayings

Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference ... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm. — Jane Austen

The impulse to mar and to destroy is as ancient and almost as nearly universal as the impulse to create. The one is an easier way than the other of demonstrating power. — Joseph Wood Krutch

Every one of us gets to find our way, hopefully surrounded by love, but we still have to pick out our own way through the land mines of life. By accepting this and relinquishing control, there's just extraordinary beauty. — Ali MacGraw

Volumes are spoken when nothing is being said. — R.J. Torbert

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity. — Jessica Simpson

And I can see Russia from my house. — Tina Fey

I'm like the most expensive, exotic item on a gourmet menu. People can wonder about the sensuous delights of the dish, but they can't afford such an expensive luxury — Anna Kournikova

I have already lived long enough, Manon had written in late autumn, on an autumn day like today. I have lived and loved, I have had the best of this world. Why cry over the ending? Why cling to what remains? The advantage of dying is that you stop being afraid of it. There is a sense of peacefulness too. — Nina George

Corruption in any institution can only take hold, if organised elements within it act on delusional beliefs that do not benefit the whole. — Anita B. Sulser PhD

We use certain authors at certain times of our lives, and we may never go back to them again. — Sam Weller

Just because he likes the same bizzaro crap as you doesn't mean he's your soul mate. — Rachel Hansen

There's a long history of all kinds of cop films ... But all these films are really about the same thing: the good guys triumphing over the bad guys. — Bruce Willis