Proline Straws Quotes & Sayings

You are too young," said one of the Directors, hesitating about his appointment as general. "In a year," answered Napoleon, "I shall be either old or dead. — J.G. Lockhart

He has not recovered the blow?" said he to Athos.
He is struck to death."
Oh! your fears exaggerate, I hope. Raoul is of a tempered nature. Around all hearts as noble as his, there is a second envelope that forms a cuirass. The first bleeds, the second resists."
No," replied Athos, "Raoul will die of it."
_Mordioux!_" said D'Artagnan, in a melancholy tone. And he did not add a word to this exclamation. Then, a minute after, "Why do you let him go?"
Because he insists on going."
And why do you not go with him?"
Because I could not bear to see him die. — Alexandre Dumas

The richest people in the world aren't particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren't particularly smart or rich. ... That leaves me making music. But we can't talk about that. — Frank Zappa

There are many sources of spirituality; religion may be the most common, but it is by no means the only. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades. — Michael Shermer

America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial. — Matt Taibbi

When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face. — E.W. Howe

Science is no longer fiction,
but Reality may become one. — Natasha Tsakos

Nnu Ego was like those not-so well-informed Christians who,promised the Kingdom of Heaven,believed that it was literally just round the corner and that Jesus Christ was coming on the very morrow. Many of them would hardly contribute anything ton this world,reasoning, "What is the use? Christ will come soon" They became so insulated in their beliefs that not only would they have little to do with ordinary sinners,people going about their daily work, they even pitied them and in many cases looked down on them because the Kingdom of God was not for the likes of them. Maybe this was a protective mechanism devised to save them from realities too painful to accept. — Buchi Emecheta

His pacing stopped. The mattress sighed as he sat on the edge. seconds ticked by before he spoke so softly she could barely hear. Sometimes I want to leave this town so bad I can taste it. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Whip and coachman and guard, however, in combination, had read — Charles Dickens

Sometimes a story catches your imagination so much it has to be told. That is what I love about writing. It lets the images in your mind burst forth into words drawing a vivid picture that takes you away on a journey that would otherwise be impossible. — S. E. Smith

Part of my soul I seek thee, and claim thee my other half — John Milton

The biggest lessons I've learned in life have probably come from a bad situation, from an angry situation, even if I wasn't the one who was angry. — Evan Rachel Wood

We are never more like Christ than in prayers of intercession. — Austin Phelps

Do not tax your life with forethought of grief. — Wendell Berry