Tapinod Quotes & Sayings

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. — Thomas De Quincey

I've nothing suitable to wear."
"I dinna care about the color of your frock, lass. I'm only going to take off you again."
She blinked. "Oh. — Tessa Dare

Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance. — Peter Drucker

And there
Like I thought I knew
And aint life a bitch
Was his head on a silver platter — Valerie

We are all very ready to believe what we like. — Samuel Richardson

It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it. — Herman Melville

There was no way that these guys were going to let a bleeding, barefoot woman simply wander off alone into the streets. Two of them were already running toward her with hands reaching out in a manner that, in normal circumstances, would have seemed just plain ungentlemanly. What would have been designated, in a Western office, as a hostile environment was soon in full swing as numerous rough strong hands were all over her, easing her to a comfortable perch on a chair that was produced as if by magic, feeling through her hair to find bumps and lacerations. Three different first aid kits were broken open at her feet; older and wiser men began to lodge objections at the profligate use of supplies, darkly suggesting that it was all because she was a pretty girl. A particularly dashing young man skidded up to her on his knees (he was wearing hard-shell knee pads) and, in an attitude recalling the prince on the final page of Cinderella, fit a pair of used flip-flops onto her feet. — Neal Stephenson

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain. — Robert E.Lee

The lime trees were in bloom. But in the early morning only a faint fragrance drifted through the garden, an airy message, an aromatic echo of the dreams during the short summer night. — Isak Dinesen

When you become angry, you enter a tunnel, leaving the light behind you; when you get calm, you exit the tunnel, finding the light in front of you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Magnus wondered how long Alec was envisioning it would be until they found the baby a home. Alec must think that it would take a while, and Magnus feared Alec was right. — Cassandra Clare

The only real failure in life is the failure to try. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

I got an ant farm; them fellas didn't grow sh*t. — Mitch Hedberg

I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind. — J.K. Rowling