Takaoka Fort Quotes & Sayings

How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female says, in the tone of one clinching an argument, 'Edgar says
' And all the time you are perfectly aware that Edgar is a perfect fool. — Agatha Christie

Flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery. — Charlotte Bronte

He walks over to me, and I can see his feet and shins in my field of vision. Naked feet. I — E.L. James

O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate, Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight. — Mortimer Collins

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions. — E. M. Forster

The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation. — Ma Jun

There must be a language that doesn't depend on words. — Paulo Coelho

Conducting was just something that happened by fluke. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. — Jonathan Swift