Quintilian Praises Quotes & Sayings

it was weird. Would you believe it if some supermodel called you up and told you she was your sister?'

Strike thought of his own bizarre family history.

'Probably,' he said. — Robert Galbraith

Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time. — Naveen Andrews

More than one skillful physician has said that if one asks the right questions, the patient will make the diagnosis for you in his or her own words. — Andrew Weil

Alliteration is not a prostitute to be sold to every sailor who visits the port. This fine lady is a valuable literary diva one should ask to sing her aria only for special occasions. — Dennis Vickers

Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. — William Warburton

Mastery does not come from dabbling. We have to be prepared to pay the price. We need to have the sustained enthusiasm that motivates us to give our best. — Eknath Easwaran

Accountants come in pairs these days. A middle-aged man in a dark suit and a sheen of perspiration, plus his younger accomplice, a woman who looks like her hobbies are arranging things in rows and making right angles. — Harry Bingham

The disconnect between his mouth and his mind. That's where the camera came in. It was the unspoken thing between him and the others. — Colum McCann

If God had not made Sherry, how imperfect his work would have been. — Benito Perez Galdos

Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself. — Adrienne Monnier

Leave your ego, play the music, love the people. — Luther Allison