Ptalamsi Quotes & Sayings

Everyone else has sort of scattered off to their respective corners. I suppose everyone's doing some thinking, maybe saying some prayers. Hopefully Thomas and Carmel are making out in a closet. — Kendare Blake

The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated. — John Kenneth Galbraith

Praise the bridge that carried you over. — George Colman

Maggie in her crude form, with her hair down her back, and altogether in a state of dubious promise, was a most undesirable niece; but now she was capable of being at once ornamental and useful. — George Eliot

We are in the 21st century; what are the kings or the queens doing in this century? They must remain in the past! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To me, there is no such thing as a trash duck. There are ducks that are a lot better to eat than other ducks. But a duck is just that. — Phil Robertson

Usually, there is no equivalent of air traffic control at sea. Some busy areas operate 'traffic separation schemes,' but mostly, ships are treated like cars on roads where there are rules and codes of behavior, and successful, accident-free outcomes depend on everyone respecting them. As on roads, this doesn't always work. — Rose George

I got over my wave of giving a shit and then regained my senses. — Ed Kugler

The betrayal meant he couldn't trust her anymore, and his heart told him he couldn't forgive her. — James Dashner

We've got to stand up for what we believe in as a labour movement. And that means the party's membership needs to be even bigger so it becomes a genuinely mass organisation. — Jeremy Corbyn

I go to yoga classes and work on my core. — Maria Sharapova

'Stay with it' was our coach's motto. That's what we did. This is unreal! — Andre Iguodala

Tell him - tell him he's very welcome. Tell him breakfast is - uh - one gold piece'. For a moment Broadman's face looked as though some vast internal struggle was going on, and then he added with a burst of generosity, 'I'll throw in yours, too.' 'Stranger,' said Rincewind levelly. 'If you stay here you will be knifed or poisoned by nightfall. But don't stop smiling, or so will I. — Terry Pratchett

The people who really matter in social affairs are neither those who wish to stop short like a mule, or leap from crag to crag like a mountain goat. — Walter Lippmann

Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are. — Paul Robeson