Shelomentseva Quotes & Sayings

The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality; a sort of glorified accounting that serves to regulate the affairs of those who have power
and that all too often seeks to explain, to those who do not, the ultimate wisdom and justness of their condition.
But that's not all the law is. The law is also memory; the law also records a long-running conversation, a nation arguing with its conscience. — Barack Obama

Why should I apologise for being utterly honest from the start, telling you the score, telling you the truth, coming to meet your parents, calling them to say I was worried that you didn't answer your phone. Are these the actions of some kind of shit? No, I think they're what a man who loves you might do. — Maeve Binchy

As a writer, Bibi, you could be a doctor of the soul. — Dean Koontz

That's the secret of artistic unity. Anybody can achieve it, if he or she will make something with only one person in mind. — Kurt Vonnegut

The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation. — Abu Bakr

Writing again, he stressed that the events of war are always uncertain. Then, paraphrasing a favorite line from the popular play Cato by Joseph Addison - a line that General Washington, too, would often call upon - Adams told her, We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it. — David McCullough

The masculine voice was low but clear, capturing the senses, running along the back of her neck like a caress, making her shiver in delight. Artemis very much feared she was gaping. The Duke of Wakefield had a voice to make angels - or devils - weep. It wasn't the type of male voice currently admired - for the high, unnatural voice of the musico was the rage of London at the moment - but his was the sort of voice that would always seduce the ear. Sure and strong, with a vibrating masculinity on the low notes. She could sit and listen to a voice like this for hours. — Elizabeth Hoyt

Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your head so you don't have to look everything up and remember everything? — Kevin J. Anderson

Dream Big! Never apologize for it! — Mignon' Talise Padilla

Experience had taught Strike that there was a certain type of woman to whom he was unusually attractive. Their common characteristics were intelligence and the flickering intensity of badly wired lamps. — Robert Galbraith

Such a woman is called "Mother's FRIEND" always ready to give judicious Parental advice and living vicariously on the experience of others — Eric Berne

Buddhism doesn't tell you what is false and what is true but it encourages you to find out for yourself. — Chogyam Trungpa

When we recognize the fraud for what it is, we feel incredibly stupid. Something more than our bank accounts is damaged - our egos are damaged. As a result, it's almost impossible for the marketer to regain our trust. — Seth Godin

Anything with the ability to reduce my world-weary husband to a stammering mess while giving him such pleasure deserved a serious time investment. — Kylie Scott