Tranquilidade Quotes & Sayings

Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising. — Christian Nestell Bovee

When I was young, I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm. — Marina Warner

To become a new being. To bifurcate. The drama that underlies America's story, the high drama that is upping and leaving-and the energy and cruelty that rapturous drive demands. - p. 342 — Philip Roth

It was in Alexandria that the circumference of the earth was first measured, the sun fixed at the center of the solar system, the workings of the brain and the pulse illuminated, the foundations of anatomy and physiology established, the definitive editions of Homer produced. It was in Alexandria that Euclid had codified geometry. — Stacy Schiff

At home we ate fish every Friday, as Catholics were then supposed to do. Being Jewish, I compromised. I wore a hat when I ate fish, out of respect for my own religion and the fish's family. — George Burns

Fear is strong, but faith is stronger yet. — Norman Vincent Peale

We Scots have a fierce pride in the things we do that others can never appreciate. I am the British No. 1, but I would prefer to be the British No. 1 from Scotland every time. — Andy Murray

Food is as important as energy, as security, as the environment. Everything is linked together. — Louise Fresco

Long afterward, many would remember those two days in the first week of October with vividness and anguish. — Arthur Hailey