Somg Of Achilles Quotes & Sayings

Few nations do more than the United States to assist their least fortunate citizens-to make certain that no child, no elderly or handicapped citizen, no family in any circumstances in any State, is left without the essential needs for a decent and healthy existence. In too few nations, I might add, are the people aware of the progressive strides this country has taken in demonstrating the humanitarian side of freedom. Our record is a proud one-and it sharply refutes those who accuse us of thinking only in the materialistic terms of cash registers and calculating machines. — John F. Kennedy

You I expected better of." He turned his swirling sliver gaze from Sam to Dev and Fang. "You two not so much."
-Acheron — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Learn to recognise when you need to know something. — Bruce Nauman

Calcifer," Sophie said, "I shall have to break your contract. Will it kill you?" "It would if anyone else broke it," Calcifer said hoarsely. "That's why I asked you to do it. — Diana Wynne Jones

In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. — Paul Merton

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. — W. Somerset Maugham

Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. — Sinbad

The job of the writer is to look at where he is now and make some sort of emotional sense of it, not only for that moment but for years to come. — Colum McCann

All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned. — Siegbert Tarrasch

I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real — Tupac Shakur

When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude. Information that is consistent with our pre-existing beliefs is often accepted at face value, whereas evidence that contradicts them is critically scrutinized and discounted. Our beliefs may thus be less responsive than they should to the implications of new information — Thomas Gilovich

The pioneer, the creator, the explorer is generally a single, lonely person rather than a group, struggling all alone with his inner conflicts, fears, defenses against arrogance and pride, even against paranoia. He has to be a courageous man, not afraid to stick his neck out, not afraid even to make mistakes, well aware that he is, as Polanyi has stressed, a kind of gambler who comes to tentative conclusions in the absence of facts and then spends some years trying to figure out if his hunch was correct. If he has any sense at all, he is of course scared of his own ideas, of his temerity, and is well aware that he is affirming what he cannot prove. — A.H. Maslow

There are people that thinks that type should be expressive. They have a different point of view from mine. — Massimo Vignelli

There's a benefit to losing, you get to learn from your mistakes. — Will Ferrell