Torchligh Quotes & Sayings

The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear. — Eduardo Galeano

I'd done it. I'd successfully pushed away two wonderful men. My desire to hurt neither of them, ended up hurting them both — S.C. Stephens

She said the word often enough, and there could be no doubt that she meant to say it; but if the often repeated word had been hate instead of love - despair - revenge - dire death - it could not have sounded from her lips more like a curse. (29.88) — Charles Dickens

People are looking for certainty. The more complex the world becomes, the more people look for people to give them certainty and tell them what to do. During the past few years of actively thinking about this, there is one thing that I have accepted: certainty is not out there. There is not one strategy to follow, and that's OK. — Noreena Hertz

Whiskey: a torchligh procession marching down your throat. — George William Russell

Every few months I'll pop into a comedy club or go to Vegas. — Kevin James

The corridors of success are illuminated more by our emotions. — Balroop Singh

To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape. — Jennifer Capriati

I tell you old and young are better than tired middle-aged, nothing is so dead dead-tired, dead every way as middle-aged. — Gertrude Stein

All of us see a story according to our own lights. None of us is capable of objectivity. You — Annie Barrows

Elizabeth laughed. No way. You'll have to talk to Dad about this yourself, but I'll tell you this, honey, it's dangerous to quit something because you think you're not good enough. That can be an ugly pattern that repeats itself throughout your life. Believe me, I know. — Kristin Hannah

Paintings helped to change my life. I'd still be living a life of disaster without it. — Eddie Cahill

I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way. — Imelda May

The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it - rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful. — Clayton Christensen

When you uncork a bottle of mature fine wine, what you are drinking is the product of a particular culture and tradition, a particular soil, a particular climate, the weather in that year, and the love and labour of people who may since have died. The wine is still changing, still evolving, so much so that no two bottles can ever be quite the same. By now, the stuff has become incredibly complex, almost ethereal. Without seeking to blaspheme, it has become something like the smell and taste of God. Do you drink it alone? Never. The better a bottle, the more you want to share it with others ... and that is the other incredible thing about wine, that it brings people together, makes them share with one another, laugh with one another, fall in love with one another and with the world around them. — Neel Burton

Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative. — Isaac Watts