Tontice Quotes & Sayings

The worst things you can do for the ones you love are the things they could and should do for themselves - and — John Wooden

The speculator who insists on trying to profit from daily minor movements will never be in a position to take advantage of the next important change marketwise when it occurs. — Anonymous

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals. — Friedrich Nietzsche

And broken both your hearts? How would that have benefited me? You are as dear to me as another half of my soul, Jem. I could not be happy while you were unhappy. And Tessa - she loves you. What sort of awful monster would I be, delighting in causing the two people I love the most in the world agony simply that I might have the satisfaction of knowing that if Tessa could not be mine, she could not be anybody's? — Cassandra Clare

Yon foaming flood seems motionless as ice;Its dizzy turbulence eludes the eye,Frozen by distance. — William Wordsworth

The choices you make create your future. — Bill Jensen

A man says to the doctor: "What's the good news?" "You've got 24 hours to live." He says: "What's the bad news?" The doctor says: "We should have told you yesterday." — Frank Carson

And sometimes you just have to trust that there will be more, sometimes you go through dry spells and you have to assure yourself no no, it's gonna be fine. There's gonna be more songs, it's all good. — Dan Mangan

When I started in the theater, I'd do plays by Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, and they all created great women's roles. — Annette Bening

That it was so completely their own that it would have been pointless to even try to speak of it to someone else. — Ann Patchett

Intrinsic to the concept of a translator's fidelity to the effect and impact of the original is making the second version of the work as close to the first writer's intention as possible. A good translator's devotion to that goal is unwavering. But what never should be forgotten or overlooked is the obvious fact that what we read in a translation is the translator's writing. The inspiration is the original work, certainly, and thoughtful literary translators approach that work with great deference and respect, but the execution of the book in another language is the task of the translator, and that work should be judged and evaluated on its own terms. Still, most reviewers do not acknowledge the fact of translation except in the most perfunctory way, and a significant majority seem incapable of shedding light on the value of the translation or on how it reflects or illuminates the original. — Edith Grossman

There's really not that much difference between you and I. And my name really doesn't matter. Hopefully, my heart and my spirit matters to you. Hopefully. — Ving Rhames

You want to have faith. But you also want to reserve the right to challenge your own faith when it suits you. — Arun Joshi

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless. — Franz Liszt

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. — J.K. Rowling