Tes Guard Quotes & Sayings

Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose face. Stupid of course, when put like that, but who is prepared to argue that we are not stupid in several important ways? — Robertson Davies

O my vanity I am an arrogant man, is this weakness, is it just a dream of power? Must I betray myself for a seat on the council? Is this sensible and wise or is it hollow and self-loving? I don't even know if the Grandee is sincere. Does he know? Perhaps not even he. I am weak and he's strong, the offer gives him many ways of ruining me. But I, too, have much to gain. The souls of the city, of the world, surely they are worth three angels? Is Allah so unbending that he will not embrace three more to save the human race? — Salman Rushdie

I do vote but I don't think that any political party represents my point of view. — Rupert Sheldrake

I found myself in a pattern of being attracted to people who were somehow unavailable, and what I realized was that I was protecting myself because I equate the idea of connection and love with trauma and death. — Zachary Quinto

Try an' get some rest, darlin'." Clay pressed her back against her pillow. Sophie nodded. Clay stood and took a couple of steps toward the door. He paused and looked back at her, and then he awkwardly came back, leaned over, and kissed her on the forehead, then the cheek, then her lips. He brushed her hair back again. "You and the girls, and this life I've got myself into, will always be a miracle to me, Sophie. — Mary Connealy

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. — Niels Bohr

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. — William Makepeace Thackeray

The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by. — Camryn Manheim

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. — Ludwig Von Mises

Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it. — Thomas More

I always prefer to write songs about emotional situations and heartbreak because I like getting into the character. — Pixie Lott

People say time changes, I think time always remains same, it's only people who changes with time!!! — Umakant

You're building a tool, not a piece of art. Don't be blinded by the vision. — Andrew Mason