Series Of Unfortunate Events Beatrice Quotes & Sayings

You're quite right," said MacMaster. "You're putting your finger on the thing that matters. If you think it over, you know, that's always the interesting part of any murder. What the person was like who was murdered. Everybody's always so busy inquiring into the mind of the murderer. You've been thinking, probably, that Mrs. Argyle was the sort of woman who shouldn't have been murdered." "I should imagine that everyone felt that." "Ethically," said MacMaster, "you're quite right. But you know" - he rubbed his nose - "isn't it the Chinese who held that beneficence is to be accounted a sin rather than a virtue? They've got something there, you know. Beneficence does things to people. Ties 'em up in knots. We all know what human nature's like. Do a chap a good turn and you feel kindly towards him. You like him. But the chap who's had the good turn done to him, does he feel so kindly to — Agatha Christie

If the colander is perforated, then the hole filled vessel is irrelevant".

~R. Alan Woods [2012] — R. Alan Woods

The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys. — Graham Nash

Take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work. — Tom Welling

Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. — Euripides

Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done. — Anna Paquin

Growing up in Europe, tight clothing is pretty standard. When I got to college, clothes were loose, so I was going toward more loose stuff. As soon as I got back to New York, I started wearing suits 25% of the year. Then, I realized how important it is for the suit to really fit you and be tight. — Carl Hagelin

A lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, 'Boy, that's interesting. Let's add some more engineers.' — Eric Schmidt

You don't need to use your hand to Push," Gemmel grumbled at him. "Wastes time. — Brandon Sanderson

50% of Americas population spends less than 10 dollars a month on romance. You know what we call these people? Men! — Jay Leno

Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms — Guy De Maupassant

Less base the fear of death than fear of life. — Edward Young

I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people. — Idina Menzel