Semyon Marmeladov Quotes & Sayings

My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea. — Alexa Ray Joel

Knowledge is a dangerous thing. But ignorance is no protection. — Masha Du Toit

If the dead could speak there would be no more war. — Heinrich Boll

I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like myself. I have very high expectations for Obama, and I am extremely hopeful that he will bring great lasting change not just to America, but to the entire world. — Texas Battle

I've grown old with this century; there's not much left of either of us. — Penelope Lively

I've always wanted to make movies. — Fred Durst

A dead martyr is just another corpse. — Leo Gordon

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings. — Joan Miro

Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head. — Bob Seger

In the end, all I want is to be with him. It's the only way my life feels complete. — Alyson Noel

I hate golf. It's the genteel version of seal-clubbing, only not as much fun. — Lauren Beukes

Well, you wanted me to be a hero in blue, so you better be resigned! Murdering doesn't improve one's manners! — Eugene O'Neill

Apparently nice Horse would be joining me for dinner instead of his evil twin. — Joanna Wylde

He read political books. They gave him phrases which he could only speak to himself and use on Shama. They also revealed one region after another of misery and injustice and left him feeling more helpless and more isolated than ever. Then it was that he discovered the solace of Dickens. Without difficulty he transferred characters and settings to people and places he knew. In the grotesques of Dickens everything he feared and suffered from was ridiculed and diminished, so that his own anger, his own contempt became unnecessary, and he was given strength to bear the most difficult part of his day: dressing in the morning, that daily affirmation of faith in oneself, which at times for him was almost like an act of sacrifice. — V.S. Naipaul