Real Angelica Schuyler Quotes & Sayings

A thought is a hard thing to control. — Susanna Kaysen

Me not showing any emotion is not the best for me. I've tried that. It kind of bottles up, and then at some point explodes. — Donald Young

Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations. — Mario Monti

As the story grew, it put down roots into the past and threw out unexpected branches . — J.R.R. Tolkien

School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered me from discovering how lovely and delightful and kind the world can be, and how much of it is intelligible. — E. M. Forster

I believe that writing is an account of the powers of extrication. — John Cheever

Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them. — Henry Ward Beecher

There's a fine line between minimalism and not trying very hard. — Tom Pappalardo

The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what the hand most loves to close upon. — Ambrose Bierce

There had been certain romantic interludes in the past that had included galloping across the desert at night; but he had never abducted any woman whose enthusiastic support for such a plan had not been secured well in advance. — Robin McKinley

Later that evening I lay down in Min's empty bed upstairs and pulled her white sheet up over my head. I felt for my kneecaps and hip bones. I lay perfectly still, arms down, palms up. I closed my eyes and pretended I was floating in space, then at sea, then not floating at all.I hummed an old Beach Boys tune. In my room ... Min had taught me how to play it on her guitar when we were kids. — Miriam Toews

International institutions like the Security Council, the General Assembly, the G20, the BRICs, the IMF, etc., continue to be little more than an extension of the (increasingly conflicting) values and interests of member states. — Ian Bremmer

He would find a chest full of barbed arrows awaited him. — Susan Dennard

Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show. — Rick Warren

Those who cannot begin do not finish. — Robert Henri