Zangwill Books Quotes & Sayings

What were you keeping me for, if not to use against your enemies?" His gaze softened. "Once, yes. Now I find myself in the alarming situation of fearing I may lose you again and caring. — Pippa DaCosta

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many. — Barack Obama

Ria snorted. Leo's pride rarely leaves the plains. What are they
supposed to mate? The zebras? — Lora Leigh

A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to go out and kill something. — Stephen Leacock

The poor man retains the prejudices of his forefathers without their faith, and their ignorance without their virtues; he has adopted the doctrine of self-interest as the rule of his actions, without understanding the science which puts it to use; and his selfishness is no less blind than was formerly his devotedness to others. If society is tranquil, it is not because it is conscious of its strength and its well-being, but because it fears its weakness and its infirmities; a single effort may cost it its life. Everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure. The desires, the repinings, the sorrows, and the joys of the present time lead to no visible or permanent result, like the passions of old men, which terminate in impotence. — Alexis De Tocqueville

You might as well sell yourself to slavery at once, as marry man you dislike. — Anne Bronte

If I'd been a rock star, I'd probably now be dead. — Rhys Ifans

To make a small town achieve its potential, you need everybody. When a blind person carries a crippled person who can see, both of them get where they're going. — Unita Blackwell

Palpatine, she has only just turned thirteen!" Palpatine spread his hands. "Naboo has elected younger Queens, m'lady. And hers could be a reign that will last fifty years. — James Luceno

Unlike most biographers it is here I leave Messrs. Burke and Hare, at the peak of their glory. Why destroy such an artistic effect by requiring them to languish along to the end of their lives, revealing their defects and their deceptions? We need only remember them, mask in hand, walking abroad on foggy nights. For their end was sordid like so many others. One of them, it appears, was hanged and Dr. Knox was forced to quit Edinburgh. Mr. Burke left no other works. — Marcel Schwob

Not a man alive has so much luck that he can play with it. — William Butler Yeats

Change takes time. But, it also takes people. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Things should be as simple as possible and no simpler. — Albert Einstein

Her high hopes had set her up for a long fall. And it was never the fall that killed you in the end. It was hitting the bottom that did all the damage. — G.X. Todd

The first CD that I ever bought was 'Britney Spears.' It was at a 7-Eleven and I was like, 'Can I get this?' It was literally her EP and I picked it up and, of course, I fell in love with her. It was an early crush for me. — Joe Jonas