Stamires Quotes & Sayings

Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead. — George Bernard Shaw

May I offer you some advice?"
"I'd rather you offered me a fast horse and a head start," Richard said with a tight smile. "But I'll take the advice, too. — Sharon Kay Penman

But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold, the fairy dream that the gold is there, at the end of the rainbow, and will continue to be there forever - provided, naturally, that you don't go and look. This is known as finance. — Terry Pratchett

Thomas More once told me: lion or king, never show fear or you are a dead man. — Philippa Gregory

I am a very spiritual person and love travelling to religious places. I go to the Golden Temple, Tirupati Balaji and Vaishno Devi every year. — Madhur Bhandarkar

You are as strong as you think you are, you can achieve things you think you can achieve, its all in your head — Tony Robbins

Our thoughts are often worse than we are. — George Eliot

In order to bring a nation to support the burdens of maintaining great military establishments, it is necessary to create an emotional state akin to war psychology. There must be the portrayal of an external menace. This involves the development to a high degree of the nation-hero, nation-villain ideology and the arousing of the population to a sense of sacrifice. Once these exist, we have gone a long way on the path to war. — John Foster Dulles

I do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns. — Laurance Rockefeller

As the sun hides behind clouds, success hides behind trouble. — Matshona Dhliwayo

As long as I can dream, I will dream of you. — Cassandra Clare

Americans threw away their communities in order to save a few dollars on hair dryers and plastic food storage tubs, never stopping to reflect on what they were destroying. — James Howard Kunstler

Superior people never make long visits. — Marianne Moore

When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?' — Jackie Chan

In an era of billion-person countries and trillion-pound economies, we need to find ways to amplify our voice. We are most likely to be heard when the Chinese negotiate with a £10 trillion E.U., not a £1.5 trillion Britain. — Douglas Alexander