Raboteau Alfred Quotes & Sayings

but still the mention of Mrs Burton and her luxuries had a certain stinging and stimulating effect upon her. She scorned, and yet would have been pleased to emulate that splendour. The account of it put her out of patience with her own humility, notwithstanding that she took pride in that humility, and felt it more consistent with the real dignity of her position than any splendour. And — Mrs. Oliphant

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. — Derek Prince

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs. — Frank Thomas

Don't forget that the boat and the water are in love with each other; you should never let them on their own; lo and behold, they have made an agreement with the wind and gone off on their honeymoon! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

It's just my maybe naive, optimistic view that whatever knowledge we gain, and if it comes to pass that we can somehow understand what consciousness is, if we can somehow create that, it will ultimately be used for the good. — Neill Blomkamp

In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost. — Edgar Allan Poe

Let us create extraordinary words, on condition that they be put to the most ordinary use and that the entity they designate be made to exist in the same way as the most common object. — Gilles Deleuze

The circumstances of everyday life were too demanding-and in American's great cities, appalling. — Charles E. Rosenberg