Wielowieyska Dominika Quotes & Sayings

That historians should give their own country a break, I grant you; but not so as to state things contrary to fact. For there are plenty of mistakes made by writers out of ignorance, and which any man finds it difficult to avoid. But if we knowingly write what is false, whether for the sake of our country or our friends or just to be pleasant, what difference is there between us and hack writers? Readers should be very attentive to and critical of historians, and they in turn should be constantly on their guard. — Polybius

I'm fat and proud of it. If someone asks me how my diet is going, I say 'Fine - how was your lobotomy?' — Roseanne Barr

Age to women is like Kryptonite to Superman. — Kathy Lette

I look into his eyes, no longer afraid what's in them, but afriad I'll lose what they carry. — Jessica Sorensen

When sex gets problematic, the totalitarianist walks in. — Jean-Luc Godard

If people really want to find you, they find you. — Bill Murray

What's dangerous in the hands of the multitudes, he said, with what may or may not have been irony, is safe enough for those whose motives are ...
Beyond reproach, I said.
He nodded gravely. Impossible to tell whether or not he meant it. — Margaret Atwood

Radio - and perhaps airplanes, and then of course, the atom bomb - was the preeminent technology of the first half of the 20th century. It was how the Third Reich controlled its citizens, spread lies, and disseminated fear. — Anthony Doerr