Sandringham Interior Quotes & Sayings

I'll have you know I do the swearing on this ship. If I need your assitance I'll call you. Capt. Wolf Larsen — Jack London

Good-breeding carries along with it a dignity that is respected by the most petulant. Ill-breeding invites and authorizes the familiarity of the most timid. — Lord Chesterfield

It had long been accepted that if a species put mankind on its food-chain menu the species would be extinct before long. — Dan Simmons

I'm not lazy on set. I'm lazy in the rest of my life. — Stellan Skarsgard

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. — Benjamin Disraeli

Do human beings have an infinite amount of energy with which to resist death? It is kinder and more accurate to say that they fought until they had no more fight left in them. — David L. Conroy

He knew there was no one to restrain him now, and he knew that he was beaten. But an animal will always fight for its life to the bitter end; no animal ever licks the boots of his executioner. — Georgi Vladimov

I start with very short pieces, usually no more than a handwritten page. I try to focus on something specific: a person, a moment, a place. I do what I ask my student to do when I teach creative writing. I explain to them that such fragments are the first steps to take before constructing a story. I think a writer should observe the real world before imagining a nonexistent one. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with predetermined abilities, proclivities and temperaments that nurturing parents may be able to foster or modify, but can rarely reverse. — Jane Brody