Ruthfulness Quotes & Sayings

I kept my door more securely locked than ever and passed the time with foreign novels. Since Balzac was Luo's favourite I put him to one side, and with the ardour and earnestness of my eighteen years I fell in love with one author after another: Flaubert, Gogol, Melville, and even Romain Rolland. — Dai Sijie

Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that. — Gabriela Sabatini

Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools. — John Barton

Above all, let's hope we never take ourselves too seriously. — Vercors

The important thing is, Hiro, that you have to understand the Mafia way. And the Mafia way is that we pursue larger goals under the guise of personal relationships. So, for example, when you were a pizza guy you didn't deliver pizzas fast because you made more money that way, or because it was some kind of a fucking policy. You did it because you were carrying out a personal covenant between Uncle Enzo and every customer. This is how we avoid the trap of self-perpetuating ideology. Ideology is a virus. So getting this chick back is more than just getting a chick back. It's the concrete manifestation of an abstract policy goal. And we like concrete - right, Vic? — Neal Stephenson

just in case" is the curse of packing — Alexandra Potter

Don't judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now. — Tom Hiddleston

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this. — Vladimir Putin

I'm not annoying in relationships! I'm great! — Leona Lewis

As soon as you truly commit to making something happen, the 'how' will reveal itself. — Tony Robbins

I felt the ruthfulness and senselessness of war so acutlely that I wrote the first three stanzas of which, are in effect a prayer. — Richard Eberhart

I was excited about getting my first tattoo, but I was only twelve, so I had to hide it from my mother. — Mark Wahlberg

If I'd waited until I was well rested to read, I never would have read anything. — Will Schwalbe