Time Of The Butterflies Chapter Eight Quotes & Sayings

I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.' — Cate Blanchett

And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question ... at completely different levels. — Mark Rylance

Fairest of all that earth beholds, the hues
That live among the clouds, and flush the air,
Lingering, and deepening at the hour of dews. — William C. Bryant

The drinking bone is connected to the party bone, the party bone is connected to the staying out all night long. — Tracy Byrd

Islam is part of Germany. — Angela Merkel

Hence both women and children must be educated with an eye to the constitution, if indeed it makes any difference to the virtue of a city-state that its children be virtuous, and its women too. And it must make a difference, since half the free population are women, and from children come those who participate in the constitution. — Aristotle.

Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise; I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave. — Stephanie Beacham

I really said, 'Okay, this is just the right job for me. This is really what I need to be doing: telling stories through music in lots of different styles of music.' — Christopher Lennertz

If you look at the other people around at the time - Charles Clarke, Alistair Darling, Jack Straw - they've all gone. And they're not old. What's happened is that someone who is quite old - Jeremy Corbyn - is now leader. We have to take some responsibility for that. — Alastair Campbell

If a person begins by telling you, 'Do not be offended at what I am going to say,' prepare yourself for something that she knows will certainly offend you. — Eliza Leslie

Persistence drives the achievement of the desired outcome for reality. — Steven Redhead