Variously Synonym Quotes & Sayings

A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him. — Sophocles

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation. — Evelyn Waugh

Beware of any work for God which enables you to evade concentration on Him. A great many Christian workers worship their work. — Oswald Chambers

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip. — Kate Adie

Repentance is only one part of our response to Christ (and even the strength to repent comes from God). But it is an essential part, for without it we cannot claim Christ is our Lord. The Bible says, "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret" (2 Cor. 7:10 NIV). — Billy Graham

Even getting a restraining order - a fairly new legal tool - requires acquiring the credibility to convince the courts that some guy is a menace and then getting the cops to enforce it. Restraining orders often don't work anyway. — Rebecca Solnit

Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seeds of rapacious licence and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind. — Charles Dickens

They have read your novel,' Woland said, 'and they said only one thing, that, unfortunately, it is not finished. So I wanted to show you your hero. He has been sitting here for about two thousand years, sleeping, but, when the moon is full, he is tormented, as you see, by insomnia. And it torments not only him, but his faithful guardian, the dog.

If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it. The only thing that brave creature ever feared was thunderstorms. But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one who is loved. — Mikhail Bulgakov

Water is soft and humble, but it is the most powerful and is the most endurable. — Debasish Mridha

Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school. — Denise Richards