Romanistyka Quotes & Sayings

Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for. — Immanuel Kant

In feudal times the aristocracy had sent their sons to university, conferring superiority on the institution. Nowadays it was the other way round: the university conferred superiority on the man. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I can take a joke," she tells me, sounding insulted.
"Yeah? When?"
"When it's not being delivered by a childish jackass who thinks he's God's gift to women."
"I am not childish." God's gift on the other hand? My record speaks for itself.
"Oh, bite me."
I wish. — Emma Chase

Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep. — David Almond

If you want to get in shape, go to the # gym every single day, change your clothes and take a shower. If you can do that every single day for a month, pretty soon you'll start doing something while you're there ... — Seth Godin

There were a rare few in this world who could stop me in my tracks, but it was only Elizabeth who could bring me to my knees. — A.L. Jackson

Blood is thicker than water,
The young man said
As he knifed his friend
For a drooling old bitch
And a house full of lies. — Ernest Hemingway,

I'm glad your self-righteousness has given you some exercise, but you forget: we are not such a tidy, reasonable, and humane race. Our thoughts don't stand in grammatical rows, our hearts don't draw equations, our consciences don't have the benefit of historians whispering the answers to us. — Josiah Bancroft

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy. — Dag Hammarskjold

Stop listening to people.
They don't live your life.
Stop judging people. You
don't live their lives. — Semanyenzi Richard

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book. — Terry Pratchett

Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the same degree of concentration in the studio, but not impossible. — Walter J. Phillips

I believe one of the next great moves of God is going to be through the believers in the workplace. — Billy Graham

Follow your own path, no matter what people say. — Karl Marx

I started singing weddings and bar mitzvahs at 15, lying about my age. It was a great discipline. — Idina Menzel