Shaben Community Quotes & Sayings

Peace is always pleasant, always kind. — Debasish Mridha

As you work, the mood grows on you. There are certain images which suddenly get hold of me and I really want to do them. But it's true to say that the excitement and possibilities are in the working and obviously can only come in the working. — Francis Bacon

The Didots created happiness and power, or in this case, pain and sadness ... but only within its subject's mind.
The power it held was real, but it was not a physical power. It was the power of persuasion, the power of illusion.
Mr. Bradshaw was a genius. — Embee

Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinement avoids anything showy and flashy: it never dresses better than it can afford, and yet it is always well dressed, even in simple muslin or plain calico. — J.R. Miller

In today's competitive business world, it is not enough to do your job well; no, to be truly effective, you have to develop skills and strategies for things you'll never have to do, and situations that will never come up. — Rob Payne

I have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards. — George Orwell

I'd ask how you're doing and if you've been busy today, but these new binoculars work great - a "must-have" for all intense investigators. — Suzanne Wright

When you accept a lord's meat and mead, all you do reflects on him. Always do more than he expects of you, never less. Never flinch at any task or hardship. And above all, never shame the lord you serve. — George R R Martin

There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that nearly every writer uses, of inserting at least one long, obscure word into each story. This makes the reader think that the man is very wise and clever. So I have the machine do the same thing. There'll be a whole stack of long words stored away just for this purpose."
Where?"
In the 'word-memory' section," he said, epexegetically. — Roald Dahl

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid. — Carroll O'Connor

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. — Lydia M. Child

They got another girl in Louisiana who robbed two college boys and put fish hooks in their ball sacks after stealing their car and all their money. — Eryk Pruitt

If you have fun and keep a good attitude, people want to work with you. — James Marsden

I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level. — Karen Kingsbury