A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #luck

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
#quotes #oriana-fallaci #ethics

A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #stupidity #women #men

Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #heart

Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
#quotes #heather-brewer #vampire

Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #children #adults #hurt

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #learning

Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
#proverbs #oriental-proverbs

I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
#quotes #lauren-oliver #thinking #death

A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #laughing #medicine

I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
#quotes #kofi-annan #military #iraq #united-states

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
#quotes #barbara-jordan #united-states

I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
#quotes #elisabeth-elliot #marriage

A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
#proverbs #greek-proverbs #philosophical

The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #wisdom #speaking

No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs

The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism

New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
#quotes #michael-arad #new-york

It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
#quotes #amelia-warner #queen #buckingham-palace #coronation-street

Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #perseverance

Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here is a little tip Howard; cut back on the Red Bull. ~David Letterman
#quotes #david-letterman #howard-dean #red-bull #ranting

No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
#quotes #t-s-eliot #education

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
#quotes #j-r-r-tolkien #treasure

It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #stupidity