Twiston Davies Quotes & Sayings

He who goes round about in his requests wants commonly more than he chooses to appear to want. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

It's spider season. Every year, right about now, thousands of the godless eight-legged bastards emerge from the bowels of hell (or the garden, whichever's nearest) with the sole intention of tormenting humankind. — Charlie Brooker

I see their dark forms, their beards move in the wind. I know nothing of them except that they are prisoners; and that is exactly what troubles me. Their life is obscure and guiltless;--if I could know more of them, what their names are, how they live, what they are waiting for, what are their burdens, then my emotion would have an object and might become sympathy. But as it is I perceive behind them only the suffering of the creature, the awful melancholy of life and the pitilessness of men. — Erich Maria Remarque

Resurrection means that the worst thing is never the last thing. — Frederick Buechner

Consolidating to the point of monopoly has never served the consumer - ever. — Gwynne Shotwell

The market is a tool, and a useful one. But the worship of this tool is a hollow faith. Far more important than any tool is what you make with it. — Eric Schlosser

One of the problems with being my age is you look at everyone who is younger as children, and when everyone else around you is younger, it means you live in a universe of children. So you tend to scold more than is proper. — Raymond E. Feist

Knowledge born of the finest discrimination takes us to the farthest shore. It is intuitive, omniscient, and beyond all divisions of time and space. — Patanjali

Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over. — Michael Douglas

At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink,
But 'tis a nobler privilege to think. — John Godfrey Saxe

I've met my bride-to-be in Italy and I will be married in Italy soon, in a couple of weeks. In Venice of all places! In closing, I guess what I would like to say is to my bride-to-be, Amal, that I love you very much and I can't wait to be your husband. — George Clooney

I think that the process of figuring out what kind of leader I wanted to be was challenging, because as an actor, you work alone, really. — Gwyneth Paltrow

I've been known to write 10 pages a day for 10 days running before I take a breath. I am not a disciplined writer. I'm one of those people who laughingly call themselves inspirational writers, which basically means someone who has no control over their own creative process. — Catherine Ryan Hyde