Treiber Construction Quotes & Sayings

It's a useful rule in Anglo-American communications that the English should double, and the Americans halve, the number of words they would normally employ. — Phyllis Bentley

The country is in an extraordinary ferment. — William Hamilton Maxwell

Obviously no one has ever cautioned you against pricking the vanity of proud men or wild animals; neither is completely predictable."
"And which of those categories do you fit into?"
"I'll leave the choice solely to your discretion," he mused and bowed solicitously. — Marsha Canham

I'm feeling anxious about tonight - half dread and half excitement - like when you hear thunder and know that any second you'll see lightning tearing across the sky, nipping at the clouds with its teeth. — Lauren Oliver

Prejudice is the conjuror of imaginary wrongs, strangling truth, over-powering reason, making strong people weak, and weak people weaker. God gave us the large-hearted charity which "beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things," which "thinketh no evil!" — John Ross Macduff

You haunt me, Mina. Even before I knew you, I felt your absence. — Ava Zavora

The principal event of my childhood was that no adult in my family would tell me who my father was. — John Irving

I said I'll need to get my nose straightened one day so that I can breathe properly and that was translated by the press into me having it done. — Mike Tindall

You want to be like a ticking bomb. As calm as possible before the fight, to save energy ... But ready to explode the second you step into the cage. — Alexander Gustafsson

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God. Rather ask, What am I to do? What am I to learn from this experience? What am I to change? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial? Wiling sacrifice of deeply held personal desires in favor of the will of God is very hard to do. Yet, when you pray with real conviction, "Please let me know Thy will" and "May Thy will be done," you are in the strongest position to receive the maximum help from your Heavenly Father. — Richard G. Scott