Preciosas In English Quotes & Sayings

Men like to to count their troubles; few calculate their happiness. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Johnny Gentle, the first U.S. President ever to swing his microphone around by the cord during his Inauguration speech. — David Foster Wallace

Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author's own conscience. — Anton Chekhov

It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai — Randy Pausch

Lots of male friendships begin as a cheeky snog. Or a little undercurrent of flirtation. — Kate Winslet

I like the girls in Ecuador. They are more gentle and trusting, more innocent. They are not as suspicious of strangers as Colombian girls. — Pedro

For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business. — Karl Liebknecht

Every day you need to do something about your purpose of life — Sunday Adelaja

That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When characters are unlikable, they don't meet our mutable, varying standards. Certainly we can find kinship in fiction, but literary merit shouldn't be dictated by whether we want to be friends or lovers with those about whom we read. — Roxane Gay

He looked very tired, a regard which manifested itself not in dark circles, or pallor, but a dreamy and bright-cheeked sadness. — Donna Tartt

[Illegal immigration] costs the taxpayers of the United States a lot of money. And it's unfair to Americans who are working every day to pay their own bills. It's also unfair to a lot of people who have waited in line for years and years in other countries to be legal immigrants. — William J. Clinton

Every actor wants to find a piece of work that's innovative and powerful and moving. — Sean Bean

many corporate boards lack the understanding to evaluate marketing strategies and expenditures. Most directors - and a rising percentage of Fortune 500 CEOs - lack deep experience in this field. — Paul W. Farris

That invisible hand of Adam Smith's seems to offer an extended middle finger to an awful lot of people. — George Carlin

Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over influence. The literature of every nation bear me witness. The English dramatic poets have Shakspearized now for two hundred years. — Ralph Waldo Emerson