Umar Bin Al Khattab Caliph Quotes & Sayings

Does not beauty confer a benefit upon us, even by the simple fact of being beautiful? — Victor Hugo

If only Tim had gone to the goddamn store like his mother had asked him, none of this would have happened. Mom had wanted some goddamn lettuce so she could make a goddamn salad for goddamn dinner tonight. Tim might not have been so pissed at her for getting upset with him because he'd stumbled into the house drunk last night and wandered into her bedroom where she was sleeping, and thrown up on her. Maybe if she hadn't taken a curtain rod to his hung-over body in the morning as he slept it off - in his own bed, mind you - he might have gone to the goddamn store and gotten her the goddamn lettuce she wanted. But no, to hell with her. People make mistakes. That didn't mean they should be bludgeoned to within an inch of their life, especially not with a goddamn curtain rod. — Trent Zelazny

I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business. — Paul Newman

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. — Rick Perlstein

Oh! how heartily did she grieve over every ungracious sensation she had ever encouraged, every saucy speech she had ever directed towards him. For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him. — Jane Austen

I'm surprised he doesn't reach for a wet nap to rid his hands of my general poorness. — Victoria Scott

Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind. — Voltaire

Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start. — Tim Johnson