Shopova Quotes & Sayings

It is a trite but true definition that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts. — Henry Fielding

That's a good attitude. You should hate me more, curse me more, and detest me! Then you should take the power of that hatred and use it to survive this rotten world. — Hideaki Sorachi

Summer has taken a sensuous turn: Ayrs's wife and I are lovers. Don't alarm yourself! Only in the carnal sense. — David Mitchell

One of the most important questions a woman can ask herself: What do I really want-and what is my spirit telling me is the best way to proceed? — Oprah Winfrey

In our time the most warlike nations are the most rude and ignorant. — Michel De Montaigne

With that thought, I shatter into a thousand jagged pieces. And then my best friend in the world does what only a best friend can do - he joins me on the floor and pulls me into his lap. He holds me and cries with me and whispers words of encouragement into my ear until the syllables turn into the sweetest lullaby and I slowly drift to sleep. — Amy Matayo

You smoke?"
"Smoke? Do I look like a fucking idiot? — Richard K. Morgan

She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Now if we're finished jousting over sex-"
"Darling,I haven't even picked up my lance."
"That's a very weak double entendre."
She had him there. "It's early.why don't you tell me why i'm having breakfast with you."
"I was up all night."
The comment that occurred to him was not only weak,but crude.He let it pass. — Nora Roberts

Final Satyagraha is inconceivable without an honorable peace between the several communities composing the Indian nation. — Mahatma Gandhi

But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me. — Shaquille O'Neal

Alright. Let's get realistic now. You know and I know that the function of that number was just to provide some sort of warm-up trash before we do something HEAVY. Something a little bit harder to listen to, but which is probably better for you in the LONG RUN. The item in this instance, which will be better for you in the LONG RUN, and if we only had a little more space up here we could make it visual for you, is "Some Ballet Music," which we've played at most of our concert series in Europe. Generally in halls where we had a little bit more space and Motorhead and Kansas could actually fling themselves across the stage, and give you their teenage interpretation of the art of The Ballet. I don't think it's too safe to do it here, maybe they can just hug each other a little bit and do some calisthenics in the middle of the stage. — Frank Zappa

There are flowers growing, and saplings are striving to push up past the ashes. There is life amid death. Hope in the midst of adversity. — Tracie Peterson

You think you're defending my 'honor,' but you're just as bad as he is. — Brittany Cavallaro

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power. — Rebecca MacKinnon