Slabbert Venter Quotes & Sayings

There were four of them, Catelyn saw. An old man in the black of the Night's Watch, two servants ... and Tyrion Lannister, standing there small and bold as life. "My men will sleep in your stable, and as for myself, well, I do not require a large room, as you can plainly see." He flashed a mocking grin. "So long as the fire's warm and the straw reasonably free of fleas, I am a happy man. — George R R Martin

Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation. — Hank Johnson

We have the lowest student-teacher ratio and spend five times as much on schools than war - the opposite of what the United States does. [explaining why Cuba has the highest literacy in the world] — Fidel Castro

The padded outfits, the bad scripts, the phony-looking sets ... he dealt with it all. He had to. He was Superman. — Jerry Seinfeld

She knew neither that she was living in the first century BC nor in the Hellenistic Age, both of them later constructs. (The Hellenistic Age begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends in 30 BC, with the death of Cleopatra. — Stacy Schiff

When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem. — Mario Benedetti

Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign. — William Cowper

The great secret ... is not having bad manners or good manners ... but having the same manner for all human souls. — George Bernard Shaw

Was it a fire in the kitchen?
No, a bomb in the basement. — David Baldacci

Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate diversification, the payment of high and unnecessary fees to managers and advisors, and the use of borrowed money can destroy the decent returns that a life-long owner of equities would otherwise enjoy. Indeed, borrowed money has no place in the investor's tool kit. — Warren Buffett

Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books. — Elizabeth Moon

I don't remember all my successes, but I do remember failures. — Frank Lowy

Some people believe that they should have two different lives, and one is what they show on TV and one is their personal life. I am not that person. — Bethenny Frankel