Sociedade Portuguesa Quotes & Sayings

Most people are as happy as they want to be. — Abraham Lincoln

I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

And now that Reason's light returns, New sorrow in his spirit burns. — Sophocles

Oh yes, much, because music is just something that comes to you. You don't question it. — Bryan Ferry

The sun hides not the ocean, which is the dark side of this earth, and which is two thirds of this earth. So, therefore, that mortal man who hath more of joy than sorrow in him, that mortal man cannot be true
not true, or undeveloped. With books the same. The truest of all men was the Man of Sorrows, and the truest of all books is Solomon's, and Ecclesiastes is the fine hammered steel of woe. — Herman Melville

People who are unhappy in relationships carry about them a distinct air of discontent and isolation. — Patricia Cornwell

It's hard to change adults. They are going to do what they are going to do. — Henry Rollins

I just stroll in right before the recording goes on. — Humphrey Lyttelton

My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If you go around with a lot of security the Taliban will use Kalashnikovs or suicide bombers and more people will be killed,' he said. 'At least I'll be killed alone.' — Malala Yousafzai

Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provide strength and support today, and give us hope for tomorrow. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, or well-managed, can provide what our families provide. — Bill Owens

Are you insinuating that I am a purveyor of terminological inexactitudes? — Winston Churchill

you are not like others. You are of neither the Lesser nor the Greater Path. You are a sorcerer, one who knows there are no paths, only magic. And magic may be limited only by the limits of one's gifts.' Tomas — Raymond E. Feist

Wilem snorted."That doesn't sound suspicious at all," he said. "And you wonder why people talk about you."
"I don't wonder why they talk," I said "I wonder what they say. — Patrick Rothfuss

Studies show that if people think that they are treated fairly by the police, that matters almost more than what the result is. If you get stopped for a traffic stop and feel that you are treated courteously and fairly, you are much more likely to accept the fact that you got a speeding ticket. — Eric Holder