Adulatore Quotes

#1. , and if one has only one good memory left in one's heart, even that may sometimes be the means of saving us.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#2. With historicals, the research is half the fun. Contemporaries are especially easy. People are right out there in front of you; you meet them every day. You can concentrate wholly on the story and characters.

Heather Graham Pozzessere

#3. It's easy to say, 'I'm going to build something that already exists,' but it's difficult to clearly and succinctly describe something new.

Sam Altman

#4. Sydney Smith playfully says that common sense was invented by Socrates, that philosopher having been one of its most conspicuous exemplars in conducting the contest of practical sagacity against stupid prejudice and illusory beliefs.

Edwin Percy Whipple

#5. Approaches to death and dying reveal much of the attitude of society as a whole to the individuals who compose it. The development of ideas of what constitutes a good death can even be traced to prehistory.

Cicely Saunders

#6. It is the duty of every citizen /resident of any country , nationals as well as expatriates to know the basics of the governing laws of the country one resides.

Ignorance of the law or unawareness cannot be pleaded to escape liability.

Henrietta Newton Martin

#7. My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit.

Cynthia Voigt

#8. A thin layer of dust covered everything, and I doubted anyone had been in the room for decades. I have a vast weakness for secret things.

Patrick Rothfuss

#9. The power of love and caring can change the world.

James Autry

#10. Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
[Better good afar than evil at hand.]

George Herbert

#11. It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.

David Plouffe