Threepenny Bit Quotes & Sayings

Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion. — Tara Brach

Our hero's unreasoning rage was fed by a not unreasonable jealousy. It was clear to him that Zuleika had forgotten his existence. To-day, as soon as he had killed her love, she had shown him how much less to her was his love than the crowd's. And now again it was only the crowd she cared for. He followed with his eyes her long slender figure as she threaded her way in and out of the crowd, sinuously, confidingly, producing a penny from one lad's elbow, a threepenny-bit from between another's neck and collar, half a crown from another's hair, and always repeating in that flute-like voice of hers: Well, this is rather queer! — Max Beerbohm

Part of my mandate is to curb corruption and streamline a cumbersome, graft-ridden bureaucracy, to put resources where they will provide the clearest results, and to untangle a complicated regulatory environment. — Benigno Aquino III

One of the tragic ironies of the second half of the 20th century is that when colonies in the developing world freed themselves from European rule, they often slid back into warfare, this time intensified by modern weaponry, organized militias, and the freedom of young men to defy tribal elders.77 As we shall see in the next chapter, this development is a countercurrent to the historical decline of violence, but it is also a demonstration of the role of Leviathans in propelling the decline. — Steven Pinker

Everything is so sad and so wonderful. — Cloris Leachman

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors. — Joel Osteen

David Bendeth was introduced to me by an entertainment lawyer friend. — Jann Klose

If God wanted women to be treated equally to men, he'd have given them penises. — Zach Braff

If you lack initiative, recognize that the problem comes from the inside, not from others. Determine why you hesitate to take action. Does risk scare you? Are you discouraged by past failures? Do you not see the potential that opportunity offers? Find the source of your hesitation, and address it. You won't be able to move forward on the outside until you can move forward on the inside. — John C. Maxwell

There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait. — Jesse Jackson

Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on! — Rory Bremner

Love is a camouflage of beauty. You feel free in love, but in truth, you're trapped. — Samreen Ahsan