Unrecognized Hard Work Quotes & Sayings

To the mind which looks not to general results in the economy of Nature, the earth may seem to present a scene of perpetual warfare, and incessant carnage: but the more enlarged view, while it regards individuals in their conjoint relations to the general benefit of their own species, and that of other species with which they are associated in the great family of Nature, resolves each apparent case of individual evil, into an example of subserviency to universal good. — William Buckland

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

For me to play gay, it has to be something special because it might actually be more of a risk. So I'm waiting for that role - I want it to be something that moves things forward. — Russell Tovey

If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to get to the good stuff, you need to slow down. — Laurie Helgoe

I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.' — Jo Brand

Belfastas uncivilised as ever
savage black mothers in houses of dark red brick, friendly manufacturers too drunk to entertain you when you arrive. It amuses me till I get tired. — E. M. Forster

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body. — Oscar Wilde

To an old memory like mine the present days are but as a little water poured on the deep. — George Eliot

When you don't have the words to say He hears your heart. When you feel like no one understands He carries your pain. When hope seems lost God whispers Joy is coming. — Rachel Hamilton

Everything was down to chance, that the world existed in a state of perpetual chaos, and only some primitive storytelling instinct, itself doubtless a hangover from religion, retrospectively imposed meaning on what might or might not have happened. — Julian Barnes

I'd fired anyone who was involved with Creed. I didn't want anything to do with the music business. The entire press and industry hated me, so what was the point? — Scott Stapp

To fail at all is to fail utterly. — James Russell Lowell

Dams are built with the intent of a 100-year lifetime - just long enough for societies to become completely dependent on them — Daniel Lenihan