Sigurdur Thoroddsen Quotes & Sayings

Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also — Laozi

Wow. I'm humbled and I'm honored. To be in the International Boxing Hall of Fame with so many of my friends and heroes is overwhelming. — Ray Mancini

McCarthy had ten years in the House of Representatives, only two terms as a senator. What did he pass? Are there any bills or any piece of legislation that he's identified with? Not at all. — Robert Dallek

I have a friend who says the best boyfriends are ones with intimidating, good-looking older brothers. The boyfriends try harder because they're so insecure. Maybe I'm the female equivalent. — Beth Orton

I'd rather be encouraged by an ant to live than taught to doubt by fifty skeptics. — Marty Rubin

It doesn't do to get attached to these secondary characters. It's not their story. They come and go, and when they go, they're gone for good. — Diane Setterfield

Show me a friend in need and I'll show you a pest. — Joe E. Lewis

How can the world be seen at such speeds? Where do people need to go so badly they can't realize what is already here, outside the car window? — Daniel Wallace

The Old Testament may not seem relevant to us today - but it is, because it is part of God's Holy Word, and He has much to teach us through its pages. — Billy Graham

When people ask you to do stuff, it's not your idea anymore, so it's tough to get behind it. — Ira Kaplan

Iseult knew what she had to do. She knew what Safi would do in this position. What Habim or Mathew or her mother or anyone with a backbone would do. So why was she finding it so hard to summon any words? — Susan Dennard