Ubres Grandes Quotes & Sayings

There're three reasons
people get away from here:
gone good, gone bad or
gone dead. — Emma Cameron

No one can sing like June Carter so I just tried to sing my very best. — Reese Witherspoon

Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record, and are suffered every day! — Charles Dickens

Men? One never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to tell me that too. — Freddie Hubbard

We all say and do things we regret, but it's never to late to change, apologize and become a better person — Thomas Amo

The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not. — Sophocles

His society became gradually her most exquisite enjoyment. — Jane Austen

You're worth the risk. — Kennedy Ryan

I phoned the Admiral back.
'It's no use, Admiral, the French speak nothing but French.'
There was a short pause on the end of the line then his voice rattled into life like a sabre.
'They're lying, Tim!'
'What?'
'The French Navy must by law speak English, as English is the international maritime language of the sea.'
'Has anyone told the French that?'
The line went dead for a moment before he thundered, 'Yes Nelson. At the battle of Trafalgar.'
I tried to stifle an irresistibly British giggle not knowing if the Admiral was making a joke or not. I got it right. He was serious. — Tim FitzHigham

It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy. — Donald Rumsfeld

In the aftermath of loss, we do what we've always done, although we are changed, maybe more afraid. We do what we can, as well as we can. My pastor, Veronica, one Sunday told the story of a sparrow lying in the street with its legs straight up in the air, sweating a little under its feathery arms. A warhorse walks up to the bird and asks, "What on earth are you doing?" The sparrow replies, "I heard the sky was falling, and I wanted to help." The horse laughs a big, loud, sneering horse laugh, and says, "Do you really think you're going to hold back the sky, with those scrawny little legs?" And the sparrow says, "One does what one can." So what can I do? Not much. Mother Teresa said that none of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love. This reminder has saved me many times. — Anne Lamott