Polemics Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

There is no denying that there are 'royal roads' through existence for the upper classes; for them, at least, the highways are macadamized, swept, and watered. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Not all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that. — Dan Ariely

One who has just learnt a foreign language, constantly resorts, while talking, to words belonging to that language in order to make a show of his or her achievement. But one who knows the language well, seldom uses it when speaking in his or her own mother tongue. Such is the case with those who are well advanced in religion. — Abhijit Naskar

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan."
And
"A man whose mind is filled with fear not only destroys his own chances of intelligent action, but he transmits these destructive vibrations to the minds of all who come in contact with him, and destroys, also, their chances. — Napoleon Hill

To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin
That makes calamity of so long life; — Mark Twain

This was one of the things he'd liked best about Nina- she savored everything, whether it was toffee or cold water from a stream or dried reindeer meat. — Leigh Bardugo

I want to experience the world. How can I be sure if my place on earth is supposed to be here or there, if I have never gone to there? I know all about here, am literally bored shitless with it. What if there, is better? — Simon Williams

I forget. I don't see. I don't think. — Fernando Pessoa

I love dressing up around the holidays! My friends also really like to get dressed up. It's an excuse to get fancy. — Beth Riesgraf

Are you here for a reason, Cheshire?

Why, yes, I would enjoy a cup of tea. I take mine with lots of cream, and no tea. Thank you. — Marissa Meyer

I'm old enough to remember when 'Law and Order' was once the Republican campaign slogan. — Mimi Kennedy

Simon had
been all lined up and he'd managed to throw away the best girl he'd ever meet.
"What a dumbass," Beck muttered. "No way I'd have done that. — Jana Oliver

You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for - if you are honest - you have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins. It is all endless and all one. — P.L. Travers

There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen. — Art Shell