Unbarring Def Quotes & Sayings

Sandgorse chose his own destiny. Why should he get to choose yours, too? — Erin Hunter

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas. — Bong Joon-ho

He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly. — H.G.Wells

If one could be enraged by the loss of a favorite sports team, shouldn't his anger rise at the entrenchment of a scheme whereby no innocent person was safe, where self-determination was a crime punished by the vagaries of an opaque & impervious justice system? — Ausma Zehanat Khan

Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context. — John Wyndham

You have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad (jihad alakbar)."

His followers asked him what that greater jihad was. "The struggle against your passionate soul," he replied.

'So what does this greater jihad entail?' I asked him.

'It is the effort to practise our faith,' Gai replied. 'To pray five times every day is an effort, to veil one's selfish desires and conduct life in accordance with Islamic ethics and laws. The greatest "spiritual warriors" are the saints armed not with weapons but with prayer and prayer beads.' While it all made sense I wanted to know more about the idea that we needed to go out and fight jihad. — Kristiane Backer

But I'm not just my genes, Dad. — A.S. King

Come with me. It's so much better than coming alone.
(Lucan whispered to Lena) — Lynn Viehl

What a laugh she had!
just like a thrush singing. And how pretty she had been in her cotton dresses and her large hats! She knew nothing, but she had everything that he had lost. — Oscar Wilde

We are to live for the dominion of God's kingdom — Sunday Adelaja

The flag is a symbol of the fact that man is still a herd animal. — Albert Einstein

Love that is not madness is not love. — Pedro Calderon De La Barca