Zingis Khan Quotes & Sayings

It may seem hard to believe - unless you sit down and taste them - but some of the world's greatest sweet wines are made in the Rutherglen region of Victoria, Australia. — Robert M. Parker Jr.

The most successful of the Tartar princes assumed the military command, to which he was entitled by the superiority either of merit or of power. He was raised to the throne by the acclamations of his equals; and the title of Khan expresses, in the language of the North of Asia, the full extent of the regal dignity. The right of hereditary succession was long confined to the blood of the founder of the monarchy; and at this moment all the Khans, who reign from Crimea to the wall of China, are the lineal descendants of the renowned Zingis. — Edward Gibbon

The longing for wisdom itself is wisdom' - 'search for a fixed point within yourself, my child, that the world cannot reach' - regard everything that happens as a lifeless painting and do not let yourself be touched by it, — Gustav Meyrink

Has no one ever taught you it is rude to pry?'
'Would you rather I sneaked about, ferreting things out? Of course not. 'Twould be most distasteful. All in all, I'd rather be thought rude than artful. — Eloisa James

I'm a leftover junkie. — Kris Carr

A comic book in mint condition is an offense against the multiverse. I only collect damaged comics with torn covers and missing pages. — Stephen Evans

Surely arrested development consists not in refusing to lose old things but in failing to add new things. — C.S. Lewis

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. — Thomas Jefferson

I had a big event in my personal life. Then I reevaluated and started going to theology class, and then I found my husband. — Ali Landry

Oh! dear me, the mystery of life; The inaccuracy of thought! The ignorance of humanity! — Virginia Woolf

Alexas the blessed ... was a good kid." Durzo laughed. Then his smile faded. "Broke my heart to kill him. But he needed killing by the end. — Brent Weeks

But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I should clarify that anyone that goes onstage and makes strangers laugh is insane. So I am insane. — Jim Gaffigan

He stares at the cellist, and feels himself relax as the music seeps into him. He watches as the cellist's hair smoothes itself out, his beard disappears. A dirty tuxedo becomes clean, shoes polished bright as mirrors ... The building behind the cellist repairs itself. The scars of bullets and shrapnel are covered by plaster and paint, and windows reassemble, clarify and sparkle as the sun reflects off glass. The cobblestones of the road set themselves straight. Around him people stand up taller, their faces put on weight and colour. Clothes gain lost thread, brighten, smooth out their wrinkles. Kenan watches as his city heals itself around him. The cellist continues to play ... — Steven Galloway

When there is nothing left to love for, it's easy to die for something. — Gavin Mills

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things. — Albert Camus