Stavietu Quotes & Sayings

Good food is always a trouble and its preparation should be regarded as a labour of love. — Elizabeth David

I believe you have Thomas's number?"
He reached around her, his arm brushing her shoulders, his scent enveloping her. Any of his kind would recognize his brand, would know she belong to him just from his scent on her. The human, however, would never notice. Irritated by the thought, Aidan found the business card beneath the phone and handed it to her.
"Call him," he dared softly. — Christine Feehan

In an inn somewhere, a wealthy guest mistakes [Rebbe Zusia] for a beggar and treats him accordingly. Later he learns his identity and comes to cry his remorse: "Forgive me, Rebbe, you must - for I didn't know!"
"Why do you ask Zusia to forgive you?" Rebbe Zusia said, shaking his head and smiling. "You haven't done anything bad to him; it is not Zusia you insulted but a poor beggar, so go and ask the beggars, everywhere, to forgive you! — Elie Wiesel

The idea that you can't be attractive and funny at the same time is something that I hate. — Emma Stone

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce. — Agnes F. Vandome

What happens to Black Folks today, happens to White Folks tomorrow. — Dick Gregory

The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital. But, just at this point, free-traders go over to the enemy; and many writers on political economy, in flat contradiction of the essential principles of that science, have made elaborate arguments to prove self-government in finance, impossible! What shall we think of men who, having dethroned kings, demolished popes, destroyed slave oligarchies and assailed tariff monopoly, advise submission to the most oppressive and dishonest of despotisms, Usury? — Ezra Heywood

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half. — Bum Phillips

Are imperfections is which make we grate. — Craig Benzine

Nobody who ever accomplished anything big or new or worth raising a celebratory fist in the air did it from their comfort zone. — Jen Sincero

Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful. — Stella Gibbons

They know no urge of seasons; they feel no kiss of sun, no lash of wind and weather. They live forever by not living at all. — Aldo Leopold

There are a lot of musicians I've met on Twitter where it was like, 'Hey, I like your music' - and then I ended up meeting them and it turned into a friendship. — Grimes

We're walking contradictions, seeking safety and predictability on one hand and thriving on diversity on the other. — Esther Perel