Vainly Crave Quotes & Sayings

The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. — Henry Moore

Everyone remembers his past with greater vividness as the present becomes more important. Dying men in their last delirium are supposed to see their whole life spread out before them. — Italo Svevo

I was at an all-girls' school, so there were a lot of us who were really awkward. I was this tall when I was 11, so I was really awkward and self-conscious. No one would really have wanted to be mean to me. I was too unimportant. — Sigourney Weaver

That doesn't matter. Gorky's a vain man. We must bind him with cables to the Party," replied Stalin.3 It worked: during the kulak liquidation, Gorky unleashed his hatred of the backward peasants in Pravda: "If the enemy does not surrender, he must be exterminated." He toured concentration camps and admired their re-educational value. He supported slave labour projects such as the Belomor Canal which he visited with Yagoda, whom he congratulated: "You rough fellows do not realize what great work you're doing!"4 Yagoda, — Simon Sebag Montefiore

That s the problem I ve been choosing male names. You are a she! [To Saphira, while trying to choose her name.] — Christopher Paolini

Recklessness didn't work out for me in the end."
- Sand dan Glokta — Joe Abercrombie

In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it. — Hillary Clinton

Public radio has always been so powerless. — Bob Edwards

My head has got regrets, but I haven't. — Frank Bruno

I certainly have been guilty of trying to sweep things under the carpet. — Kenneth Branagh

Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. — Veronica Roth

O Me! O life! ... of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless - of cities fill'd with the foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light - of the objects mean - of the struggle ever renew'd;
Of the poor results of all - of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest - with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring - What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here - that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse. — Walt Whitman

It's like giving up a belief in Santa Claus. — Burton Malkiel

If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing. They couldn't be running around in their long skirts and corsets, because you can't. — Clare Balding

Knowledge is no burden. — George Herbert