Suppliants Quotes & Sayings

Those who possess that treasure which no thief can take away, Which, though on suppliants freely spent, increaseth day by day, The source of inward happiness which shall outlast the earth
To them e'en kings should yield the palm, and own their higher worth. — Bhartrhari

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be. — Susana Martinez

It was my full intent as a teenager to smash capitalism and eat dumpster food. — Sophia Amoruso

Unnumbered suppliants crowd Preferment's gate
Athirst for wealth, and burning to be great;
Delusive Fortune hears th' incessant call,
They mount, they shine, evaporate, and fall. — Samuel Johnson

The mystical nature of American consumption accounts for its joylessness. We spend a great deal of time in stores, but if we don't seem to take much pleasure in our buying, it's because we're engaged in the acts of sacrifice and self-definition. Abashed in the presence of expensive merchandise, we recognize ourselves ... as suppliants admitted to a shrine. — Lewis H. Lapham

There is only this life; this moment. That is the only thing we can be sure of. Everything else is only theory. — Amish Tripathi

Marriage should, I think, always be a little bit hard and new and strange. It should be breaking your shell and going into another world, and a bigger one. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

One who binds risks getting bound in return. I will not walk that path. — Steven Erikson

People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to. — Robert Half

Old. Old is relative, girl. No, what makes them special is that they are books from history. — Hannah Crow

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! — Mark Twain

Sarah: That's not fair!
Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is? — Terry Jones

I don't like kitten heels. I just don't think they are an attractive shoe because they always look so stumpy. And I would never wear cowboy boots: a pointy toe and little heel is just not my thing. — Jessica Hart

Sara loved Nicolo's quiet affection far more than the yearning and lust she saw on Umberto's face. — Mirella Sichirollo Patzer