It sounds extraordinary but it?s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading. Mary Archer
It sounds extraordinary but it?s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.FinanceQuotations by Mary Archer
Month: November 2008
There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. Woodrow T. Wilson
There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight.Fights and FightingQuotations by Woodrow T. Wilson
Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains. Proverb
Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains.Fights and FightingQuotations by Proverb
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. Abraham Lincoln
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.Fights and FightingQuotations by Abraham Lincoln
My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong. Mother Jones
My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.Fights and FightingQuotations by Mother Jones
I have not yet begun to fight. John Paul Jones
I have not yet begun to fight.Fights and FightingQuotations by John Paul Jones
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win. Edgar Watson Howe
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.Fights and FightingQuotations by Edgar Watson Howe
I’m not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy. Ernest Hemingway
I’m not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy.Fights and FightingQuotations by Ernest Hemingway
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose. Baltasar Gracian
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.Fights and FightingQuotations by Baltasar Gracian
Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on. Robert Frost
Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on.Fights and FightingQuotations by Robert Frost
In the fight between you and the world, back the world. Paul Dirac
In the fight between you and the world, back the world.Fights and FightingQuotations by Paul Dirac
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.Fights and FightingQuotations by Gilbert K. Chesterton
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. Abigail Van Buren
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.Fights and FightingQuotations by Abigail Van Buren
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success. James Parton
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.FidelityQuotations by James Parton
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues. Giuseppe Mazzini
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.FidelityQuotations by Giuseppe Mazzini
Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. Ellen Key
Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.FidelityQuotations by Ellen Key
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren’t. Sacha Guitry
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren’t.FidelityQuotations by Sacha Guitry
Matrimonial devotion doesn’t seem to suit her notion. W. S. Gilbert
Matrimonial devotion doesn’t seem to suit her notion.FidelityQuotations by W. S. Gilbert
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion. Ernest Dowson
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion.FidelityQuotations by Ernest Dowson
Fidelity. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed. Ambrose Bierce
Fidelity. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.FidelityQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means. Oscar Wilde
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.FictionQuotations by Oscar Wilde
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith. Gore Vidal
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.FictionQuotations by Gore Vidal
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life. Andre Maurois
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.FictionQuotations by Andre Maurois
No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing. Mario Vargas Llosa
No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.FictionQuotations by Mario Vargas Llosa
All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual. Milan Kundera
All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual.FictionQuotations by Milan Kundera
Fiction is the truth inside the lie. Stephen King
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.FictionQuotations by Stephen King
The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending. Henry James
The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.FictionQuotations by Henry James
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life. Henry James
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.FictionQuotations by Henry James
It’s with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. Aldous Huxley
It’s with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.FictionQuotations by Aldous Huxley
All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It’s fiction’s business to ask them. Richard Hughes
All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It’s fiction’s business to ask them.FictionQuotations by Richard Hughes
There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only narrative. E. L. Doctorow
There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there’s only narrative.FictionQuotations by E. L. Doctorow
The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn’t imagine ourselves through a day without it. Robert Coover
The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn’t imagine ourselves through a day without it.FictionQuotations by Robert Coover
Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top. Italo Calvino
Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.FictionQuotations by Italo Calvino
Romances I never read like those I have seen. Lord Byron
Romances I never read like those I have seen.FictionQuotations by Lord Byron
Novels are longer than life. Natalie Clifford Barney
Novels are longer than life.FictionQuotations by Natalie Clifford Barney
The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days. Charles Lamb
The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.FestivalsQuotations by Charles Lamb
The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood. Germaine Greer
The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.FertilityQuotations by Germaine Greer
I owe nothing to Women’s Lib. Margaret Thatcher
I owe nothing to Women’s Lib.FeminismQuotations by Margaret Thatcher
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. Gloria Steinem
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.FeminismQuotations by Gloria Steinem
A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after. Gloria Steinem
A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.FeminismQuotations by Gloria Steinem