Rumpole Of The Bailey Quotes & Sayings

Only meaning can make a difference and we all know there's no meaning. All stories express a desire for meaning, not meaning itself. Therefore any difference knowing the story makes is a delusion. — Glen Duncan

They stood in the noon of that strange and solemn splendor, as if it were the light that is to reveal all secrets, and the daybreak that shall unite all who belong to one another — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people. — John Galsworthy

Executing a vision is the scariest thing. But the most scariest thing is being surrounded by wrong people. Build your business fearlessly — Timi Nadela

Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate. — Susan Sarandon

Let therefore this PURE LOVE OF CHRIST prompt thee to all that is good; let this be the motive of mortifying thy flesh with all its desires: and let the remembrance of that death which he most willingly accepted for thee, make thee willing to lay down thy life for him; and out of sincere gratitude for all his inestimable benefits, to accept the cross at his hand, and to resist sin and the world even unto blood. — Johann Arndt

It was easier for girls. They could say This hurts, or I don't like how this feels, and have the complaint be socially acceptable. Boys, though, didn't speak that language. They didn't learn it as children and they didn't manage to pick it up as adults, either. — Jodi Picoult

In painting, three things must be considered - the position of the viewer, the position of the object viewed, and the position of the light that illuminates the object. — Lynn Cullen

I've been around a long time, and when I was at the top of the hill, I was very ahead of my time! Evidence of that is that my music is still current today - you know, rappers sample it all the time. So, rather than compromise my artistic integrity, I concentrated on movies. — Isaac Hayes

The passion for revenge should never blind you to the pragmatics of the situation. There are some people who are so blighted by their past, so warped by experience and the pull of that silken cord, that they never free themselves of the shadows that live in the time machine ...
And if there is a kind thought due them, it may be found contained in the words of the late Gerald Kersh, who wrote: ... there are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down and in torment. — Harlan Ellison

The fact was I loved my wife to a degree that I found impossible to express, and so rarely did. — David Nicholls

Great Mother!I can't believe it!Now I understand."(Mamut)
"I do not understand," Ayla said — Jean M. Auel

If I had to do it all again, I would still want my same daughter and two sons; through laughter, tears, prayers, and blessings. — Ana Monnar

People reading the Bible for the first time are often surprised to discover how much human drama it contains. Almost every conceivable human dilemma and conflict is reflected in its pages. — Billy Graham