Assoholic 22 Quotes

#1. I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.

William Congreve

#2. Throughout the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, Latin was the language of learning and international communication. But in the early modern period, it was gradually displaced by French. By the eighteenth century, all the world - or at least all of Europe - aspired to be Parisian.

Michael Dirda

#3. Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

August Strindberg

#4. There are cities that have no ... I don't know what to call it, an identity perhaps. A sense of being someplace different. Lots of those in the Empire. Very old cities with lots of history, but one day is much like the next.

Raymond E. Feist

#5. You could stab a knife right through my heart and you'd be too late.

Chuck Palahniuk

#6. If I was looking to play with fire, I wanted to dance in the center of the flames.

Leila DeSint

#7. Announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. The Taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars.

Mitt Romney

#8. The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.

Ronda Rousey

#9. Suddenly I could control every aspect of publishing, and it was incredibly empowering! I didn't have to sit by the phone any longer waiting for things to happen because I was the one making them happen. That's why I decided to start Amber House Books.

Teresa Medeiros

#10. The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.

Henry George

#11. An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology

Jodi Picoult

#12. The work of education is divided between the teacher and the environment.

Maria Montessori

#13. There was an agitation against Mumbai Express: because part of it is an English word. There is no Tamil word for Mumbai Express. I am sure all those who were against it, even they wouldn't say 'I love you' to their lovers in Tamil. Many don't even thank in Tamil,

Kamal Haasan