Subsisted In A Sentence Quotes & Sayings

The Muslim East has been in a defensive posture for centuries. Take Turkey. For a period of close to two hundred years, we've been living through phases of vital self-defense and security. In such a society, a fortress mentality naturally arises. If today we've lost the concept of freedom, the reason is that we're living in a state of siege." Suad — Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it. — Laozi

Each of us is blessed with the ability to control our own decisions," she continued, "but cursed with the inability to control the decisions of others. — M.A. Larson

There are, of course, an infinite number of places where one is not, yet only one place where one actually is. — Laura Lippman

They aren't skanks and they aren't stupid. I prefer to call them 'scantily-clad ladies with limited vocabulary. — Tara Sivec

There is a real danger when caring begins to lose its emotional dimension and becomes nothing but a verb. — Joyce Rachelle

Faith makes you stable and steady. It brings out the totality in you. Consolidation of your energy is faith. Dissemination of energy is doubt. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I am very critical! I hate watching myself but I know I have to because I'm going to be asked so I need to have some sort of semblance of what the films with me are like. But it's not an enjoyable experience watching yourself. I hate it less than I used to but I still don't enjoy it. — Daniel Radcliffe

His position, like so many of his ilk, was one of uncontested and unearned respect. — John Boyne

You kissed her? You kissed my mate?"
"Actually, the more I think about it, she kissed me. But I kissed her back."
"You kissed?" Breccan asked again.
"Yes. We kissed. Mouths tangled. Tongues involved. Kissed."
"I know what it means! Care to elaborate?"
"At one point she screamed. — Madison Thorne Grey

Great art stretches the taste, it doesn't follow tastes. — Steve Jobs

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation. — Dean Acheson