Strattonites Quotes & Sayings

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others. — Ouida

I know that I want to do my one-man show eventually, and that would talk about my life and about how football inspires me. I would love to do Shakespeare again, but in London this time. I'm pretty much open to receive the right opportunities with the right people. — Eddie George

Inside the restaurant young Strattonites carried on their time-honored tradition of acting like packs of untamed wolves. — Jordan Belfort

an Urdu couplet by one of his favorite poets, Mir Taqi Mir: Jis sar ko ghurur aaj hai yaan taj-vari ka Kal uss pe yahin shor hai phir nauhagari ka The head which today proudly flaunts a crown Will tomorrow, right here, in lamentation drown — Arundhati Roy

Sometimes God allows us to explore the 'whys' of His instructions. Other times He wants us to obey 'because He said so.' Has God asked you to obey in a specific matter that still awaits your obedient response? — Beth Moore

I had always been fascinated by comics, but it had taken me several weeks to make up my mind to buy 'Watchmen'; for someone on a publisher's assistant's salary, it was some quite unheard-of sum of money. — Susanna Clarke

All ran to meet their chains thinking they secured their freedom, for although they had enough reason to feel the advantages of political establishment, they did not have enough experience to foresee its dangers. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose. — Czeslaw Milosz

The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet. — William Gibson

My toys were those of a boy: skates, bicycles. — Frida Kahlo

I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't. — J.D. Salinger