Tlan Quotes & Sayings

Whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil's ruinous power to delude. — John Cassian

That's you," Wrath said. You shall be called the Black Dagger warrior Dhestroyer, descended of Wrath son of Wrath."
"But you'll always be Butch to us," Rhage cut in. "As well as hard-ass. Smart-ass. Royal pain in the ass. You know, whatever the situation calls for. I think as long as there's an ASS in there, it'll be accurate."
"How about bASStard?" Z suggested.
"Nice. I feel that. — J.R. Ward

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice. — James Levine

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor? — Bill Watterson

There's no crying in baseball! - Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own — Jill Shalvis

Virtues, of ...
Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. — Benjamin Franklin

When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person. — Red Barber

The most terrible wars of history, the two major wars of the century, have nothing to do with religions. — Richard Dawkins

I am as much a scholar as a warrior. T'isten'ur - a name with curious echoes. Tiste Andii, the Dwellers in Darkness. And, more rarely mentioned, and then in naught but fearful whispers, their shadow-kin, the Tiste Edur. Grey-skinned, believed extinct - and thankfully so, for it is a name sheathed in dread. T'isten'ur, the first glottal stop implies past tense, yes? Tlan, now T'lan - your language is kin to that of the Imass. Close kin. — Steven Erikson

Iran said it will give up trying to make a nuclear weapon. But it got awkward when Iran said, 'But just for Lent. We'll start again on Monday.' — Jimmy Fallon

Manners or etiquette ('accessibility, affability, politeness, refinement, propriety, courtesy, and ingratiating and captivating behavior') call for no large measure of moral determination and cannot, therefore, be reckoned as virtues. Even though manners are no virtues, they are a means of developing virtue ... The more we refine the crude elements in our nature, the more we improve our humanity and the more capable it grows of feeling the driving force of virtuous principles. — Immanuel Kant

Even in my dreams, I'm an idiot who knows he's about to wake up to reality. — Tom Cruise

Never trust a man who writes more than he reads. — Samuel Johnson

Retirees who are on Medicare will suffer the consequences of 700 billions of Medicare dollars instead being used to cover the skyrocketing cost of Obamacare. In essence, less dollars for seniors means less service. Not fair. The Boomers are going to take the 'hit.' In Obamacare, 'too old' has limitations of service. — Suzanne Somers