Pourrais In English Quotes & Sayings

Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do over Iran; we will not accept being anyone's colony. — Hugo Chavez

Damn it, it wasn't right. When she lay abed at night, she shouldn't see charging boars and violent tussles. She should dream of the scent of night-blooming jasmine and the texture of organdy and the distant strains of an orchestra playing a stately sarabande. As he had, all those freezing, damp nights.
As he would, in all the bitter years to come.
What had she called him, last night? An insufferable, arrogant cad. Yes, he was.
He wanted Cecily pining for him forever, dreaming she could tame him, yearning for the tender love he could never, ever give.
He wanted her to remember the old Luke, not fantasize about some uncivilized beast.
And if this "werestag" had eclipsed the memory of their kiss with his gory midnight rescue . . .
Luke just would have to do it one better, and give Cecily a new memory to occupy her thoughts. An experience she could never forget. — Tessa Dare

Mother often said that she could never be bothered to understand why Alice did the things she did, and now, more than ever, Alice thought never being bothered was a very lazy way to love someone. — Tahereh Mafi

I had never found people quick to pay the amounts they had undertaken to subscribe, and the Natal Indians were no exception to the rule. As, therefore, no work was done unless there were funds on hand, the Natal Indian Congress has never been in debt. — Mahatma Gandhi

Those that think they're complete on their own, or want to be, don't know how to love. — Jacques-Alain Miller

After 2001, everyone in the Soulquarians blew up, which wasn't expected. We all got the success, and then everybody froze. — Questlove

When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an individual, it can be terrifying. — Lee J. Cobb

Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired. — J. Oswald Sanders

Many people suffer great miseries but if you ask them in front of others, 'you went through great difficulty, didn't you?', then they will respond, 'no, no I didn't have any suffering'. Then they feel happy. So what kind of 'egoism' should one do? During times of sorrow, one should do the 'egoism' of happiness such that 'no one is happier than I!' People in general do the 'egoism' of sorrow at the time of happiness. — Dada Bhagwan

Mr. de Pinto, the dog who protects sheep quickly learns how to direct them, and it becomes a habit. The people have been trained by their 'watchmen' to jump, and to trample what the 'watchmen' want trampled.
I have found, that those who would guard the people are their governors. The government admits that it is a government. The press pretends that it is not. But what a pretense! You orchestrate entire populations. And who elected you? No one. You are self-appointed, you speak for no one, and therefore you have no right to question me as if you represent the common good. — Mark Helprin

There's a thousand reasons why I shouldn't drink ... but I can't think of one right now. — Shemp Howard

I think I can deal with these rules."
"You better, because there is a punishment for breaking the rules."
"And what kind of puinshment would that be?"
He chuckled. "Probably the sort of puinshment you'd enjoy. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

In Beverly Hills ... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows. — Woody Allen

It is a great blessing to have light in our lives - a light that helps us see things as they really are, light that illuminates our understanding, light we can follow with confidence and perfect trust. — Margaret D. Nadauld