Yanis Marshall Quotes & Sayings

Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence. — Plato

The annoying thing about reading is that you can never get the job done. The other day I was in a bookstore flicking through a book called something like 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (and, without naming names, you should be aware that the task set by the title is by definition impossible, because at least four hundred of the books suggested would kill you anyway), but reading begets reading
that's sort of the point of it, surely?
and anybody who never deviates from a set list of books is intellectually dead anyway. — Nick Hornby

However enlightened and however skilful a central power may be, it cannot of itself embrace all the details of the existence of a great nation. — Alexis De Tocqueville

The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it. — Zhang Ziyi

I was also caught by absence in all its forms. — Paul Eluard

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true. — Henry Ward Beecher

Should I get you a shovel, so you can dig that hole deeper? — Rick Riordan