Shalvar Lee Quotes & Sayings

I do not envy those who live a comfortable life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I don't claim to have an answer to every question, but I promise you I have a question for every answer. — David Lander

I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal That's what we in legislatures do. Mr. Obama's job is to travel the country, fight for the values that he cares about. — Anthony Weiner

Yet, for my part, I was never usually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary. I am glad to have drunk water so long, for the same reason that I prefer the natural sky to an opium-eater's heaven. I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness. I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man; wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of dashing the hopes of a morning with a cup of warm coffee, or of an evening with a dish of tea! Ah, how low I fail when I am tempted by them! Even music may be intoxicating. Such apparently slight causes destroyed Greece and Rome, and will destroy England and America. Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes? — Henry David Thoreau

The woman will sit eternally in the tall black armchair. I will be the one woman you will never have ... excessive living weighs down the imagination: we will not live, we will only write and talk to swell the sails. — Anais Nin

Something like another wave of despair crashes into me. "I'm so heavy." I blink and a tear slides down my cheek.
"Then you lean on us for a while. Let us carry you, Joy, until you're not heavy anymore. That's what family is. — Jolene Perry

Yes, I am a tad obsessive. For a nonreligious woman, this is my faith. — Rabih Alameddine

I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that. — Trent Lott

My father never felt the need to wrap himself in anybody's mantle. He never felt the need to pretend to be anybody else. This is their administration. This is their war. If they can't stand on their own two feet, well, they're no Ronald Reagans, that's for sure. — Ron Reagan

Lasting solutions to many social problems will be found only as we each learn to say, 'I am society'. — Mal Fletcher

God knew where he was, but he asked so as to start a conversation with Adam and avoid startling him too much to reply. — Rashi

Except for me, no one in my family could draw. — Joseph Barbera

The term 'Being' does not define that realm of entities which is uppermost when these are articulated conceptually according to genus and species: the 'universality' of Being 'transcends' any universality of genus. — Martin Heidegger

'Death Of A Salesman' is a great acting job. — Ken Stott

How should they know? I can't reveal
to a single friend what my soul conceals,
whom I'm in love with or what I believe -
my dreams, my thoughts - or why I grieve. — Hristo Botev