Pontus Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

My rules are simple and clear. We must dispense with insincere politeness- that vapid veneer of untruth that smothers London drawing rooms. Our well-mannered social deceit must not die a private death but a court-ordered hanging in the public square. The archaic animal that is left will be a dangerous and hot-blooded thing. Unruly and impossible to predict. But alive. — Priya Parmar

Never underestimate the enemy, above all if he is a stupid one and deserves to be killed. — William C. Brown

Trusting yourself means you dare walk alone. — Lailah Gifty Akita

What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning
and a child's more imporant than a joke, I hope. You couldn't deny that, even if you tried with both hands. — Lewis Carroll

As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from other contexts, so as to develop a sense of the structure, not just familiarity with a particular tour through the structure. — William Thurston

Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control. This is meditation. Anything else is actually a form of concentration. Meditation and concentration are two different things. Concentration is a discipline; concentration is a way in which we are actually directing or guiding or controlling our experience. Meditation is letting go of control, letting go of guiding our experience in any way whatsoever. The foundation of True Meditation is that we are letting go of control. — Adyashanti

Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. — Walter Scott

I have a Tony Award now. It hasn't changed too much in the theater world, but it gives me entree for film stuff and TV stuff, where people will see me more easily now because they know me. — Casey Nicholaw

The unmerited dislike of another made one think less of oneself. We are enlarged by the love of others; we are diminished by their dislike. — Alexander McCall Smith

Tom is a filthy little pustule. If you quote me, I'll deny it! — Nancy Farmer

Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It's what you do with it that gives it flavor. — Elizabeth Gilbert

It has occured to Charlotte that men are full of petulant nonsense,and that their supposed strength is rather less than a girl's. — Sheila Kohler

Original love never appears in pure form, but in manifold veils and shapes, such as confidence, humility, reverence, serenity, asfaithfulness and modesty, as gratefulness; but primarily as longing and wistful melancholy. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel