Portillo Spain In A Map Quotes & Sayings

Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right on the flank and rear and throw it into utter confusion, which spread rapidly along the whole front. Now came the disastrous end. — Henry Villard

My earliest memories of holidays are from when I was about eight. We lived in Pennsylvania, and every year we'd visit Miami. — Jay Parini

The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome. — Publilius Syrus

Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals. — Susan Sontag

Rotation of crops and less automobiles will relieve the farmers whenever they decide to try it. — Will Rogers

I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back to school long after I was old enough to be ashamed of such behavior. — Jacques Derrida

Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution. — Barbara Tuchman

She did not have time to wonder about his being late. He died bent over the sidewalk sign that stood out in front of the hardware store ... He had not even had time to get into the store ... — Alice Munro

Serve God joyfully. Let there be no sadness in your life: the only true sorrow is sin. — Mother Teresa

It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won't know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back. — Bear Bryant