Reoccupation Of The Rhine Quotes & Sayings

He was feeling buoyant, flexible. He wanted to go jogging. He stood. He couldn't go jogging. He called room service and ordered a basket of breads and pastries. — Dave Eggers

I was possessed with a wonderful example of my Italian American family. They would come over and join us every Sunday, all my aunts and uncles and nephews and nieces, and I would sing for them. — Tony Bennett

We set our own limits on love. Some of us bind our hearts like Chinese women bind their feet. The binding is painful at first but eventually you get used to it and the pain goes away. The saddest part of all is that by binding yourself to the choices you make, you forget that there was ever another way to live. — Kate McGahan

I go to a better tailor than any of you and pay more for my clothes. The only difference is that you probably don't sleep in yours. — Clarence Darrow

Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost of working longer hours may reduce the quality of your life. More importantly, the fact that the citizens of a country work longer than others in comparable countries does not necessarily mean that they like working longer hours. They may be compelled to work long hours, even if they actually want to take longer holidays. — Ha-Joon Chang

I think at its most mature, love is a very bourgeois state. There is something about luxuriating in the nest of love that people fall into naturally. — Alexandra Cassavetes

Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice. — Joseph Joubert

What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do as well. — Hillary Clinton

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places. — Franz Kafka

Well, I mean, I'm very much a pragmatic person. — Ken Livingstone

Destiny, if I could sit across the porch from God, I'd thank Him for Lending me you ... — Flavia Weedn