Saint Nicodemus Quotes & Sayings

There was no point in sighing after what I could not have. It only distracted me from what I did have. — Robin Hobb

Economics is not an attempt to generalize human desires or human behavior; but to generalize the phenomena of price. — Michael Joseph Oakeshott

The world didn't give a shit. It didn't bestow. It took — Dennis Lehane

My friends joke that I love planning things - which I do - and the reason is because there's so much I want to do, so many things I want to see and experience. If I don't actively pursue these things, I will never do everything I want to do, in life and in my career. That's what gets me up in the morning. — Benjamin Stone

And saw in the growing pile of civilization only a foolish heaping that must inevitably fall back upon and destroy its makers in the end. — Anonymous

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car - we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. — Roger Bannister

Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?'
'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.'
'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said.
I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart. — Jim Butcher

We all have to fight to make the most of the life we're given. — Kim Holden

On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead. — Stephen Chbosky