Alcaeus Longing Quotes

#1. After seventeen days, one of the crew suggested that they cast lots. As it turned out, the lot fell to the man who had originally made the proposal, and after lots were cast again to see who should execute him, he was killed and eaten.

Nathaniel Philbrick

#2. Right." He smiled bitterly. "Well, look around. Just look. Have you ever considered the possibility that God might be insane?

Robert McCammon

#3. If winning isn't everything why bother to keep the score?

Knute Rockne

#4. They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.

T-Pain

#5. Good wages are pro business, since they reduce turnover, increase morale, produce better-skilled employees, and improve productivity.

Jim Hightower

#6. Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.

Andre Leon Talley

#7. I grew up in the South Wales valleys, but I think my parents realised from quite an early age that if they hadn't sent me to boarding school I would have probably gone to prison. And it cost them absolutely everything.

Thighpaulsandra

#8. Under (Lyndon) Johnson, the Senate functions like a Greek tragedy. All the action takes place offstage, before the play begins. Nothing is left for the participants but the enactment of their prescribed roles.

Bobby Baker

#9. Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of foreign possession.

Jose Rizal

#10. People were always asking me who I wanted to tour with, and I always said Jason Aldean or Brad Paisley.

Jana Kramer

#11. Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed ... When I can find no other occupation, I think; and when I think, I am very apt to do it in rhyme.

William Cowper

#12. Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is a wonderful moment.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#13. It's not easy, pairing yourself off with someone forever. It's an admirable thing, and I'm glad you're both doing it, but, boy-oh-girl-oh, there will be days you wish you'd never done it. And those will be the good times, when it's only days of regret and not months.

Gillian Flynn