U2014e Quotes & Sayings

If Aristotle, Livy, and Harrington knew what a republic was, the British constitution is much more like a republic than an empire. They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men. If this definition is just, the British constitution is nothing more or less than a republic, in which the king is first magistrate. This office being hereditary, and being possessed of such ample and splendid prerogatives, is no objection to the government's being a republic, as long as it is bound by fixed laws, which the people have a voice in making, and a right to defend. — John Adams

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Particularly at those moments when we have the sorest need of grasping the sharp realities of life do the threads of thought snap off in the brain. — Victor Hugo

That was the first time ever in history that anybody got Special Guest Star. I started that whole nonsense. — Jonathan Harris

Even if it's a life in shackles, if you have somebody who accepts you for what you really are, how reassuring would that be? — Sui Ishida

Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion. — Georges Bataille

If it feels wrong, it probably is. — Ilona Andrews

What is life if not joy? — Katja Michael

... I firmly believe that a woman can be whatever she wants to be if she sets her mind to it. — Maya Banks

and most profoundly personal philosophical inquiry that we can undertake. It is the question that defines us as human beings. The novel begins precisely at noon on July 20, — Thornton Wilder

You could try as hard as you could to imagine someone else's tragedy - drowning in icy waters, living in a city split by a wall - but nothing truly hurts until it happens to you. Most of all, to your child. — Liane Moriarty

It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it. — Maya Lin

You shouldn't be shy," he told her. "I'd give my soul for a glimpse of you without your clothes."
"Don't joke about that."
"About seeing you naked? I wasn't joking."
"Your soul," Helen said earnestly. "It's too important. — Lisa Kleypas