Pratico Van Quotes & Sayings

Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this stupendous fabrick of Freedom and Empire on the broad basis of Independency; who have assisted in protecting the rights of humane nature and establishing an Asylum for the poor and oppressed of all nations and religions. — George Washington

Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia. I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers, — Vladimir Putin

Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center of attention and didn't like being on deck with somebody who was intellectually as hot as he was. — Peter Fonda

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. — Ambrose Bierce

The best way to get people to think outside the box is not to create the box in the first place. — Martin Cooper

He's a real gentleman. I bet he takes the dishes out of the sink before he pees in it. — Shirley Maclaine

Four times in the false year the false season
Changed, in the immutable course
Of times's progression.
Dryness follows greenness, and greenness dryness,
And no one knows which is first, which
Is last, and they end. — Fernando Pessoa

I am going to become a writer for Cosmo - you don't have to make any sense at all. Or maybe I'll be a bloke, they don't have to make sense either. — Louise Rennison

Your greatest challenges lead you to your greatest rewards. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Pogroms were whipped up every minute and people were murdered daily, especially Jews of course. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Grooming oneself with all the crazed compulsion of an under-exercised lab rat in order to hook a rich man and obtain a lush lifestyle makes a certain (albeit seedy) sense. — Julie Burchill