Tralieliggers Quotes & Sayings

Visit any bookshop in Europe, and the shelves are filled with English novels and non-fiction books in translation - while British bookshops stock mainly English and American works. — Kate Williams

I'm lucky I've been able to spend a lot of time with my family. — James Fox

There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions. — G.K. Chesterton

Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries. — Yunus Emre

Lastly, 'Hang tough!' Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity. If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going. — Dick Winters

I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better. — Meg Tilly

I'm just one of the many millions of lonely souls trying to live on the face of this earth. I'm trying to acquit myself without making too many mistakes. Now and then I may even be on top of things enough to try and do some good. That's all. — Jo Nesbo

I was just asked to go somewhere. I said, "I can't. I have to stay home. Gayle's sick." Clearly, I was not accepting responsibility for my actions. Next time I want to be more honest and state that I do what I do because I want to do it. — Hugh Prather

When you date someone, you have the markers along the way, right: You kiss, you have The Talk, you say the Three Little Words, you sit on a swing set and break up. You can plot the points on a graph. And you check up with each other along the way: Can I do this? If I say this, will you say it back? But with friendship, there's nothing like that. Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's just something you are. — Rachel Cohn

The soul is like a caged bird, it waits for the right person to open the door and set it free. — Belinda Taylor

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. — Carl Sagan

The moral of the story: perceptions are everything. During each moment you are in contact with a customer, you are the organization. — Jan Carlzon

If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history. — Nolan Bushnell

Standing before the worn books and dusty shelves, she seemed like a ray of light in the windowless room. — Lisa Kleypas

Lost indeed are those who kill their own children out of folly, with no basis in knowledge, forbidding what God has provided for them... — Anonymous