Tiquando Quotes & Sayings

The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe. — Michel De Montaigne

Just because I'm old, doesn't mean I have to dress like I am none too patiently waiting for death. — Jessica Gadziala

So let it be written. So let it be done. — Yul Brynner

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish. — Tahir Shah

You are but an impression, and not at all what you seem to be'. — Marcus Aurelius

We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed. — Mark Twain

The autocracy was legitimized by its ever-expanding multi-faith, multi-ethnic empire, yet the later emperors regarded themselves as the leaders first of the Russian nation but then of the entire Slavic community. The more they embraced Russian nationalism, the more they excluded (and often persecuted) their huge non-Russian populations, — Simon Sebag Montefiore

Boswell: But, Sir is it not somewhat singular that you should happen to have Cocker's Arithmetic about you on your journey? Dr. Johnson: Why, Sir if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey, let it be a book of science. When you read through a book of entertainment, you know it, and it can do no more for you; but a book of science is inexhaustible. — James Boswell

When people are confronted with something they've never seen before, they really don't know how to react. — Kirk Hammett

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. — Gordon R. Dickson

In football, if you don't score a goal then you cannot win. — Roberto Mancini