When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
#quotes #ouida #family #hardship

The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo). ~Ibrahim Rugova
#quotes #ibrahim-rugova #law #united-nations

Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
#quotes #william-shakespeare #evil

When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
#quotes #henry-b-eyring

I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
#quotes #wayne-mcgregor #mistakes #practise

Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too. ~Kelley Armstrong
#quotes #kelley-armstrong

It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #knowledge #speaking

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
#quotes #richard-dawkins #science #knowledge #ignorance

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
#quotes #j-g-ballard #writing #selling

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
#quotes #william-falconer #navy #ships

Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. ~Frank Dane
#quotes #frank-dane #ignorance #fashion

Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
#quotes #richard-brinsley-sheridan #ignorance

When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
#quotes #jill-lepore #childhood

Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
#quotes #sheryl-sandberg #success #men #women

I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
#quotes #kevin-j-anderson #writing #jobs

All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
#quotes #eugene-field #happiness #hardship

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
#quotes #robert-quillen #ignorance

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
#quotes #abraham-maslow #king #future

The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #truth #experience #speaking

What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #gossip

One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #ignorance

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #decisions #ignorance

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
#quotes #nikola-tesla #motivation #success

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #gratitude #atheism

By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
#quotes #john podhoretz #government #taxation