Proudmane Quotes & Sayings

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Failure may be an option but quitting is not. — Steven D. Levitt

When you're young, you're very insecure. And if I could learn, if I could revisit my own past I could say to myself, don't think too much, just get on and do it. — Anthony Hopkins

Is there a common denominator? I wonder. You know, if there is, I should be inclined to say it is vanity. — Agatha Christie

Insanity is a disease, and it is highly contagious. — Emil Ostrovski

Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can. — Bas Rutten

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor. — Richard C. Armitage

Most small-business owners will tell you they don't want Obama 'boosting' them. They just want him to get out of the way. — Michelle Malkin

The Barrayaran officer corps favored heterosexual marital stability in its senior members mainly to cut down on the potential for ambient personal dramas slopping over into work, as they tended to do. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Lewis sought no disciples, nor does he offer a program or solution, rather his contribution is a critical discipline. Lewis is a stimulant, a mode of perception, rather than a position or practice. — Wyndham Lewis

The North Pole will be ice-free during summer in years to come, and that itself will put the Arctic Sea basin on a very high risk of ... environmental disasters that might be there. — Aleqa Hammond

Katsa has wondered if a person could ever build wings to fly with."
"What do you mean, to fly with?" said Bitterblue, suddenly irate.
"You know what I mean."
"You'll only encourage her to believe it can be done."
"I have no doubt it can be done."
"To what purpose?" snapped Bitterblue.
Po's eyebrows rose. "Flying would be its own purpose, Cousin. Don't worry, no one would ever expect the queen to do it."
No, I'll be left with the honor of planning the funerals. — Kristin Cashore

I can be completely spontaneous, which is absolutely wonderful. I don't like it at the same time; no one wants to be nervous all the time, but that nervousness mixes with the excitement I feel on the stage, and it makes for a wonderful performance. — Sophie B. Hawkins

It's been so long that I think I was unsettled by the idea of feeling like I belonged anywhere. But you made me feel like I belong. — Cassandra Clare

The person who thinks there can be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or very ignorant of religion. — Joseph Henry