Qaidah Quotes & Sayings

What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive. — Naomi Wolf

Daemon followed me home after school. Literally. He tailed me in his new Infiniti SUV. My old Camry, with its leaky exhaust and loud muffler, was no match for the speed he wanted to go. I'd brake-checked him several times. He'd blown his horn. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Anyone who says that women do not have influence in men's decisions makes a vast and stupid mistake. — Lisa See

Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways. — Susan Minot

No matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white. — Karl Popper

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom — Andre Gide

I'm having inappropriately timed thoughts right about now, I told her. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The more accurate the map, the more it resembles the territory. The most accurate map possible would be the territory, and thus would be perfectly accurate and perfectly useless. — Neil Gaiman

I believe that God wants us to show respect. — Victoria Osteen

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing. — Sherman Alexie

But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever. — Richard Marx

Cultivate those who can teach you. — Baltasar Gracian

The sign at the door was written with a backward R, to make it look Russian, which caused a minor echo of panic. Was it a reference to Merchenko? No, surely Westwood knew the difference between Russia and Ukraine. But were there Ukrainian-themed bars, for a pedantic tormentor? — Lee Child

My first interest was always music, and somehow that channelled itself into films and acting. I don't know what the natural transition of it was. I mean I acted a little bit when I was young and like any kid would in a community theatre. — Andy Garcia

How contrary an animal is man, who most treasures what he refuses or abandons! The soldier who has chosen war for his profession in the midst of battle longs for peace, and in the security of peace hungers for the clash of sword and the chaos of the bloody field; the slave who sets himself against his unchosen servitude and by his industry purchases his freedom, then binds himself to a patron more cruel and demanding than his master was; the lover who abandons his mistress lives thereafter in his dream of her imagined perfection. — John Edward Williams