Werys Sweet Quotes & Sayings

With belles no longer did he fall in love,
but dangled after them just anyhow;
when they refused, he solaced in a twinkle;
when they betrayed, was glad to rest.
He would seek them without intoxication,
while he left them without regret,
hardly remembering their love and spite.
Exactly thus does an indifferent guest
drive up for evening whist:
sits down; then, once the game is over,
he drives off from the place,
at home falls peacefully asleep,
and in the morning does not know himself
where he will drive to in the evening. — Alexander Pushkin

There are good photographers who might elevate themselves to the ranks of the great simply by burning most of their work. — Janet Malcolm

The command is to love him, not just to think about him, or do things for him. We are not to stop with a proper legal relationship - for example, to think of a man as legally lost, which he is, in the sight of a holy God - without thinking of him as a person. Saying this, we can suddenly see that much evangelism is not only sub-Christian, but subhuman - legalistic and impersonal. — Francis Schaeffer

Mr. Grey." I nod at him. Moving with lithe athletic grace to the door, he opens it wide. "Just ensuring you make it through the door, Miss Steele." He gives me a small smile. Obviously, he's referring to my earlier less-than-elegant entry into his office. I blush. — E.L. James

I was a safari guide in the 1980s in Kenya. — Don Winslow

I've always been fascinated by the way that children and animals suffer stoically in a way that I don't think adults do. — Rebecca Miller

My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors. — George Soros

It's not really a good sign when your audience applauds Satan. — Jon Stewart

Strength has the power to make you successful in years.
Knowledge has the power to make you successful in months.
Intelligence has the power to make you successful in weeks.
Understanding has the power to make you successful in days.
Wisdom has the power to make you successful in an instant. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Aren't you going to introduce me to your friends? Especially the handsome ones? Simon — Cassandra Clare

I have nothing more than that to ask of the stars. — Fausto Brizzi

I suppose we all have our recollections of our earlier holidays, all bristling with horror. — Flann O'Brien

In our system of government, an opposition party doesn't have the ability to pass legislation, but it has the ability to massively screw things up. — Alex Pareene

We do not kill an Iraqi. — Muqtada Al Sadr