Stavrakis Charilaos Quotes & Sayings

Uncle Monty tell — Lemony Snicket

Name me no names for my disease,
With uninforming breath;
I tell you I am none of these,
But homesick unto death - Homesick for hills that I had known,
For brooks that I had crossed,
... Before I met this flesh and bone
And followed and was lost ... .And though they break my heart at last,
Yet name no name of ills.
Say only, Here is where he passed,
Seeking again those hills. — Witter Bynner

Don't unpack your heart. One detail tells the truth. — Ian McEwan

I always have high expectations. I then cope with disappointments. — Dominique Perregaux

I believe how you looked was supposed to mean, something graver, more substantial: I'd gaze at my poor face and think, "It's still not there." Apparently I still do. What isn't there? Beauty? Not likely. Wisdom? Less. Is how we live or try to live supposed to embellish us? All I see is the residue of my other, failed faces.
But maybe what we're after is just a less abrasive regard: not "It's still not there," but something like "Come in, be still. — C. K. Williams

Only men of considerable vanity write books; consistently therewith, I worried lest the world were exchanging an irreplaceable author for a more easily purchased diplomat. — John Kenneth Galbraith

Do not dismantle the house, but look at each brick, and replace those which appear to be broken, which no longer support the structure. — Neale Donald Walsch

Once, when we were discussing a world peace project with my teacher, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, somebody asked him, Where is all the money going to come from? And he replied without hesitation, From wherever it is at the moment. — Deepak Chopra

Like most seasoned phonies, I roundly suspect that everyone is as disingenuous as I am. — David Sedaris

Is it right for people to critique others for their supposed un-Christian attitudes by themselves being un-Christian? — James Martin

One lesson I have learned the hard way, and there will not be any such thing in the White House. Although, I am quick to add, there's no evidence that it was ever hacked. And unfortunately, you can't say that for a lot of the government. — Hillary Clinton