Rules For A Rake Quotes & Sayings

If a wicked rake doesn't kiss a young lady when they're alone in a moonlit rose garden, might it mean he doesn't intend to? There were rules about such things. Weren't they written down somewhere? If not, then they should be. A Treatise on Rakes, written for Susceptible Young Ladies, by a Lady of Distinction. — Anna Bradley

Start every morning by drinking a cup of love, and you will enjoy the day and love everyone. — Debasish Mridha

Never sleep with a lady only once, especially in the case of an older lady.
-'Rhett — Rowena Cherry

Blessed are the living souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship. — Jill Scott

Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on. — Prince

I am living in hell from one day to the next. But there is nothing I can do to escape. I don't know where I would go if I did. I feel utterly powerless, and that feeling is my prision. I entered of my own free will, I locked the door, and I threw away the key. — Haruki Murakami

When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong. — Khalil Gibran

The 1910 Edison film of 'Frankenstein' was itself a dead thing revived by technology. — Kage Baker

The gods and their tranquil abodes appear, which no winds disturb, nor clouds bedew with showers, nor does the white snow, hardened by frost, annoy them; the heaven, always pure, is without clouds, and smiles with pleasant light diffused.
[Lat., Apparet divom numen, sedesque quietae;
Quas neque concutiunt ventei, nec nubila nimbeis.
Aspergunt, neque nex acri concreta pruina
Cana cadens violat; semper sine nubibus aether
Integer, et large diffuso lumine ridet.] — Lucretius

I'm frugal. It's often cheaper to take the subway. And I'm an environmentalist, which my mother instilled in me, so I really believe in public transportation. And finally, I love the proximity to people in the subway. — Chloe Sevigny

Only a woman is capable of stalking someone, just so she could have the pleasure of ignoring him. — Aleksandra Ninkovic

In the future history will be made only by us. — George W. Bush

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art. — Sallust

What role have I left for religion? None. And I have left none because the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ leaves none. Christianity is not a religion; it is the announcement of the end of religion. — Robert Farrar Capon