Woman Of Class And Elegance Quotes & Sayings

It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. — George Eliot

It was enough just to sit there without words. — Louise Erdrich

Look outside of what is possible and think about what could be. — Dillon Foley

It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is the legislative branch. Logic and reason are like jazz solos. The bass player is the judicial branch. One our greatest ever is Milt Hinton, and his nickname is "The Judge." — Wynton Marsalis

Fortune, honour, beauty, youth,
Are but blossoms dying;
Wanton pleasures, doting love,
Are but shadows flying. — Thomas Campion

A man who sits under a tree and dreams makes more journey than a man who goes around the world without dreaming! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

She bowed her head, clasping her hands tightly before her upon the arm of his chair, for her heart yearned towards him, yet could not reach him, and it made her throat ache with unhappiness to meet that look of his that rested on her face without seeing it. — Georgette Heyer

Every day, the sun comes out and the sky's always blue. That's what I miss about Denver. — Dikembe Mutombo

So, anyway, what I was saying about society putting us into little categories," he said. "Everyone wants to label everyone else. Straight. Gay. Bisexual." He rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I fuck who I want to fuck, I love who I want to love, and the rest of society can suck my left nut if they don't like it. — L.A. Witt

If a danger threatens you, you threaten that danger too — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is something implicitly uninteresting about the look of a person who will tell you whatever you want to know. — Lionel Shriver

SATAN'S LETTER
This is a strange place, and extraordinary place, and interesting. There is nothing resembling it at home. The people are all insane, the other animals are all insane, the earth is insane, Nature itself is insane. — Mark Twain

Want me to do baths while you cook lasagna?" "That would be good," she said. "And please, don't forget the hard-to-get places - neck wrinkles, backs of ears, between toes. Your mother checks those things." He laughed a little emotionally. "She does, huh?" And he thought how lucky he was to have a mom like that. And now both Hannah and Matt would have one like that, too. Fussy. Committed. * — Robyn Carr

Doctors of ancient times used to recommend reading to their patients as a physical exercise on an equal level as walking, running, or ball-playing. — Jean Leclercq