It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself.
education is one thing and instruction, however worthy, necessary and incidentally or monetarily educative, another.
In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.
But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.
As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.
It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.
I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I'd never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience.
I am all for curses and superstition, but there's a point at which they start getting in the way. That point had arrived.
I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it.
No man [...] can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free, being the image and resemblance of God himself.
The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.
I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.
Do whatsoever with absolute conviction as there have been beggars who've lived like kings, and there have been kings who've lived like beggars so believe in your self and MickeyMize your life.
If you wake up tired, you’ve been chasing dreams. If you go to bed tired, your making your dreams happen.
Unsavoury as it is below, there is cheerfulness, and comfort, and hard, honest work above. ("In The Court Of The Dragon")
And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended.
Our creator is the King of all kings. Which makes us the royal children of His. So don't ever place yourself beneath or above any human being on earth.
The novelist defines the story with the following example: If you are told that the king died and then the queen died, that is a sequence of events. If you were told that the king died and then the queen died of grief, that is a story that he was int...
Dr. King Schultz: I wish to parlez with you. Dicky Speck: Speak English. Dr. King Schultz: Oh, I'm sorry, please forgive me. it *is* a second language.
Jack Lucas: Where would King Arthur be without Guinevere? Parry: Happily married, probably. Jack Lucas: Well, that's a bad... that's a bad example.
