Praetorius Composer Quotes & Sayings

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners. — Jim Elliot

These are the technicalities. The jetes and pirouettes.. but the music of the dance lies in the subtle signals between the steps: the fish's delivery of them, the fisherman's read of and response to them, which, if she's good, must be near telepathic. That's what takes a death-grip on your concentration. That's why your mind empties of all trivia, which, when playing a fish, includes just about everything else you could possible think of. That is what anglers live for. — Jessica Maxwell

Oh my God,' she said. 'I need a drink.' I was not sure why she was sharing this information with someone she had known for only forty-six minutes. I planned to consume some alcohol myself when I arrived home but saw no reason to inform Julie. — Graeme Simsion

One person with a belief is equal to the force of 100,000 who have only interests. — John Stuart Mill

Roosevelt is dead: a man who would never tell the truth when a lie would serve him just as well. — Douglas MacArthur

They have been trapped by their own inventiveness and audacity. And they must pay with their lives. — Alan Lightman

I reckon it was always going to happen, one way or another. She wasn't made right for this world. She'd been running away from it since she was nine. — Tana French

I'm not going to make any excuses. I just went out and stunk it up tonight. — David Wells

Next comes the temptation to destroy ourselves for love of the other. The only value is love of the other. Self-sacrifice is an absolute value in itself. And the desire of the other is also absolute in itself. No matter what the lover desires, we will give up our life or even our soul to please him. This is the asceticism of Eros, which makes it a point of honor to follow the beloved even into hell. For what greater sacrifice could man offer on the altar of love than the sacrifice of his own immortal soul? Heroism in this sacrifice is measured precisely by madness: it is all the greater when it is offered for a more trivial motive. — Thomas Merton

Neither of us, it turns out, has been the only one who lost someone she loved. — Jodi Picoult

Yes, many people in rural parts of India are very orthodox and have arranged marriages. But I won't - I want to fall madly in love with someone and be whisked off my feet. — Shilpa Shetty

What happened to your face?"

"What happened to yours?" I retorted. "You look like a damn Oompa Loompa. You should lay off the spray tanning, Lea. — Jenny Trout