Sir John Whitmore Quotes & Sayings

Regret is more than inevitable, it's a constant companion. A relationship that becomes comfortable. Regret never wants to break up. — Jim Mitchem

There is no need to shove, his duchess said snippily.
There is every need. Think of it not as shoving, but an affectionate nudge. — Anne Gracie

In great thick dusty books he read
And hardly ever went to bed
Before it was eleven.

- One Day When They Had Settled Down — Mervyn Peake

I should do three things every day, but instead I sit, paralyzed in front of my computer, beating myself up for not doing three things every day like I promised myself I would. I've determined this is more time-consuming and stressful than actually doing the three goddamn things a day, and, therefore, I'm entitled to my fury. — Jessica Knoll

The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you. — Criss Jami

It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what is. — John Kenneth Galbraith

A mixture of feelings- love, distaste, revulsion, pity- rose in my throat ... There was an eternity to that moment, that see-sawing split- second when adoration clung and then lurched, spilling into chaos, rage, hate, anger: the desire to smash and embrace, love and destroy. Betrayal does that ... Shows you how worthless love is, when its object is indifferent, ruthless, no more than a machine for surviving. — Liz Jensen

There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy. — Joseph Pulitzer

Our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding. — Helen Keller

Those are my five greats for Georgia today. Those were my five greats yesterday and they will be tomorrow and the next day, until your kisses get old. Then I'll have to think of something else. — Amy Harmon

Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest. — Horace