Vinogradova Helen Quotes & Sayings

In recording from time to time some of the curious experiences and interesting recollections which I associate with my long and intimate friendship with Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I have continually been faced by difficulties caused by his own aversion to publicity. To his sombre and cynical spirit all popular applause was always abhorrent, and nothing amused him more at the end of a successful case than to hand over the actual exposure to some orthodox official, and to listen with a mocking smile to the general chorus of misplaced congratulation. It was indeed this attitude upon the part of my friend and certainly not any lack of interesting material which has caused me of late years to lay very few of my records before the public. My participation in some of his adventures was always a privilege which entailed discretion and reticence upon me. — Arthur Conan Doyle

ther are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other — J.K. Rowling

The mutual fund industry provided the money for Intel and Motorola and Hewlett-Packard to crush the competitors. — Jim Cramer

and it was there, standing on the edge of a village playing field, that I gratefully stepped into novicehood again, as if I had never seen a hawk in my life. — Helen Macdonald

I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say it is infernal. If you want to know how the Devil feels, you do know, if you are such an one. — Henry Ward Beecher

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. — Iain Duncan Smith

I was raised by a very strict, good mother, so I won't be getting out of line anytime soon. — Alexa Vega

All education is self-education," said Noxon. "And all self-education builds on the foundation provided by your teachers. — Orson Scott Card

We are just waves in time and space, changing continuously, and the illusion of individuality is produced through the concatenation of the rapidly succeeding phases of existence. What we define as likeness is merely the result of the symmetrical arrangement of molecules which compose our body. — Nikola Tesla

Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don't, it'll fly away forever. — Margaret Atwood