Shavian Adjective Quotes & Sayings

The nice girl makes the mistake of being available all the time. — Sherry Argov

The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise. — Herbert Hoover

The closest he comes to explaining why he found it gay is to say that like "Virginia Woolf", it showed a woman defeating a man. Presumably a straight man could never imagine such a thing. — Christopher Bram

But if you were investigating a crime," said Lady Swaffham, "you'd have to begin by the usual things, I suppose - finding out what the person had been doing, and who'd been to call, and looking for a motive, wouldn't you?"

"Oh, yes," said Lord Peter, "but most of us have such dozens of motives for murderin' all sorts of inoffensive people. There's lots of people I'd like to murder, wouldn't you?"

"Heaps," said Lady Swaffham. — Dorothy L. Sayers

In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart. No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God. Ask yourself. Then listen! — Johannes Tauler

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true. — Kevin Hart

If you cannot discover happiness, invent it. — Tasnim Nathoo

Of the irrational part of the soul again one division appears to be common to all living things, and of a vegetative nature. — Aristotle.

David, when it happens ... when it happens, David, will you save me? — Katherine Applegate

I'm not sure what solutions we'll find to deal with all our environmental problems, but I'm sure of this: They will be provided by industry; they will be products of technology. Where else can they come from? — George M. Keller

Being captured is beside the point
the point is not to surrender — Nazim Hikmet