Victorian Proverbs Quotes & Sayings

Think about this: in all the stories I've ever heard, genies always want to get out of the bottle. And they do get out, sooner or later. — K. Ford K.

Very well, I agree that two and two make four is an excellent thing; but ... two and two make five is also a very fine thing too. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I write my novels personally, desperately and non-negligently. When I write my novels, I think about my novels only, and never do other works. — Haruki Murakami

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself. — Benjamin Franklin

I love my job but it takes a lot for me to leave my kids, leave my husband and leave my dogs. — Catherine Zeta-Jones

'Being Mary Jane,' I really want everybody to see what we've done. I've never watched a project that I've worked and thought, 'Damn that's really good. It's so juicy, and it's hit after hit.' — Raven Goodwin

Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration. — David Ricardo

Personally, I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate. — H.P. Lovecraft

One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that are likely to overwhelm them by bad example, and for which no success in life could compensate. — Charles Sturt

The knowledge that we consider knowledge proves itself in action. What we now mean by knowledge is information in action, information focused on results. — Peter F. Drucker

When it comes to details, more is not necessarily better. — Donna Levin

For those who are on the roof become insolent as they don't know yet about the slope and the slipperiness of the roof! — Mehmet Murat Ildan