Wania 52 Quotes & Sayings

The English also had a reputation, shared with the Dutch, for blowing up their ships to avoid capture. In 1611, for instance, the Spanish Admiral Don Pedro de toledo captured a Turkish pirate ship, but its English consort, 'being wont to seek a voluntary death rather than yield, blew up their ship when they saw resistance useless'. Blowing up their ships, or at least threatening to do so, would become standard pirate practice. — Peter Earle

Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something. — Robert Green Ingersoll

The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics. — Richard Curtis

Aggression is not the problem, is the outcome of a problem. — Cesar Millan

If the spiritual universe and the way to it were shown, No one would remain in this world for a single moment. — Rumi

Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace. — William Cowper

Art isn't just paint and music, art is breaking glass and the sounds we make without realizing. — Joey Comeau

Our speech accurately reflects the prejudices of the ruling group. Since the rulers and the rich and the educated (who directed language) generally lived in cities, we developed such words as "villain," which meant a rustic; "heathen" and "pagan," which also indicated those who dwelt in the country; "boor," which meant a farmer; and many other such words which downgraded rural inhabitants. — Sydney J. Harris

Religion was a means to an end. She had seen it wielded as a weapon. If she needed to use it, she would, but she would never allow herself to be used by it. — Kiersten White

Making art is different for everyone. — China Chow