Quotes of: Great-cook Keyword

You are permitted in times of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.

Bulgarian

When people only talk about things they understand then a great silence will descend upon the world.

Chinese

Humor to a man is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.

Irish

People will in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you by that they have of your friends, as, says the

Spanish

Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.

Spanish

Little Marjorie was born an only child some forty years ago. She had lost her mother at a young age and her father never remarried. All her life she had been cursed with the need for her ‘coke-bottle’ glasses with the practical over-sized frames....

The Great Northern Coven

I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.

Usain Bolt

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

Wilma Rudolph

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Traditional

Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.

Traditional

In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts. But I cannot help doing this great wr...

The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

Napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and therefore, not geniuses. One can understand him by thinking of the tremendous intensity with which he tried to escape from himself. There is t...

Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles

And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to hear Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to ...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

What’s that around your neck?” asked Emily. “It’s a golden star.” Said Reed. “What did you get it for?” “Chemistry class.” “What’s the star for?” the shadow asked, Usually stars represent a straight A student. “You get it fo...

Rumi Antoinette

Yoda: I am wondering, why are you here? Luke: I'm looking for someone. Yoda: Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm? Luke: Right... Yoda: Help you I can. Yes, mmmm. Luke: I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior. Yoda: Ohhh. Gre...

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

P.L. Travers: The rumor is that this is to be your Mr. Van Dyke, is it? Richard Sherman: We hope so. P.L. Travers: Hmm. We'll see about that, he's totally wrong. Totally and utterly. Robert Sherman: Dick is one of the greats! P.L. Travers: Dick Van D...

Saving Mr. Banks

It is true that a great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them. But it is a great mistake to suppose that he will do this better for being ignorant of the traditions.

Considerations on Representative Government

...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.

Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance

(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.)

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

the greatest asset one may be able to possess is a great mind

Distinctive Footprints of Life: Where Are You Heading Towards?

I have lost and loved and won and cried myself to the person I am today.

Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps