Throbak Quotes & Sayings

If you know only one language, you're a prisoner, stuck in the tyranny of that one language. — Andrew Cohen

Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion. — Francis Bacon

Their faces were contorted with a horror only known to those who have silenced their consciences. — Chris Nicolaisen

Maddie was about to follow when a girl beside her said, "Excuse me." Her hair was red, and her cheeks were dusted with light brown freckles. She had a mouth that seemed to want to smile, but for some reason her lips were tight. "I have been standing here for two entire minutes waiting for a seat." "Oh!" said Maddie. "I'm so sorry. I think there's been some kind of misunderstanding." She leaned closer and whispered helpfully, "The seats here don't come to you. You have to walk over to them." The girl's mouth gaped as if she was insulted. Maddie nodded sympathetically. "I agree," Maddie said. "I've often thought that chairs that come to you are a hexcellent idea. — Shannon Hale

If asked whether you love God, say nothing. This is because if you say, 'I do not love God,'you are an unbeliever. If, on the other hand, you say, 'I do love God,' your actions contradict you. — Al Fudayl Ibn Iyad

Like, for example, sleeve length. Should he hide the tattoos? Or just wear a T-shirt and let "them" do the talking? If one picture's worth a thousand words, that's the first two thousand right there, two thousand minus the hi howareya nicetameetcha. — Francine Prose

At some point along the winding, honeysuckle-lined road of their lives, the love of a child had transformed into the love of a young woman, and the two loves had both been so natural and pure that she hadn't noticed the difference. — Caitlin Rush

The difference between those who do and those who don't is that those who don't believe it when they are told they can't. — Simon Sinek

Everybody in life is a chameleon. — Melanie Chisholm

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former. — James Madison

The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter. — Wilfred Owen

The Brat - Victoria to her second-grade teacher, Vicki to her mother, but the Brat to her father and in her heart - was — Joe Hill

An age is best revealed by its artists of the second rank. — Geoffrey Wolff