Queen Maxima Quotes & Sayings

Generally speaking, there was no other way for a woman to take down a bigger, stronger man one-on-one. This was Aomame's unshakable belief. That part of the body was the weakest point attached to - or, rather, hanging from - the creature known as man, and most of the time, it was not effectively defended. Not to take advantage of that fact was out of the question. As a woman, Aomame had no concrete idea how much it hurt to suffer a hard kick in the balls, though judging from the reactions and facial expressions of men she had kicked, she could at least imagine it. Not even the strongest or toughest man, it seemed, could bear the pain and the major loss of self-respect that accompanied it. — Haruki Murakami

I suspect that my thinking is an eclectic mix, not pure net-net because I couldn't do it anyway so you have to have a new something to hang your hat on. But the framework stays the same. — Peter Cundill

I hadn't watched any of the Olympics, apart from the evening we arrived in St Petersburg. I figured why watch it, I'm doing it. — Mel Cormican

The sun is a joke. Oranges can't titillate their jaded palates. Nothing can ever be violent enough to make taut their slack minds and bodies. — Nathanael West

I'm so fucking jealous and I've no clue how to handle it, Marls, — Lesley Jones

Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me. — Irene Rosenfeld

Nature is located mainly in national parks, which are vast tracts of wilderness that have been set aside by the United States government so citizens will always have someplace to go where they can be attacked by bears. And we're not talking about ordinary civilian bears, either: We're talking about federal bears, which can behave however they want to because they are protected by the same union as postal clerks. — Dave Barry

The real "it is well" is something I say from the ground, having fallen. — Antonio Porchia

There is already enough chattering nonsense on the ground. Do we really need aviaries in pressurised tin cans at 30,000 feet as well ? — Alex Morritt

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home. — Christoph Waltz

If you are a terror to many, then beware of many. — Decimius Magnus Ausonius

The English language has about 450,000 commonly used words, but more may be needed. What to you call someone who has lost a sibling or had a miscarriage? Or a gay person whose partner has died? Or an elderly person who has lost every friend and relative? So many heartaches can't be found in the dictionary. — Jeffrey Zaslow

I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull off being butch. — Billy Porter

The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits; ... — David Ricardo