Descendo Wand Quotes

#1. Rome had Caesar, a man of remarkable governing talents, although it must be said that a ruler who arouses opponents to resort to assassination is probably not as smart as he ought to be.

Barbara Tuchman

#2. What is this?" demanded the High Priestess from the doorway.

So here she was, back in the Hall of Judgment, facing a circle of priestesses.

Again? said Juliet. You do not have the wisest habits.

At least I haven't died yet, said Runajo.

Rosamund Hodge

#3. If you are not willing to take pain to live by your principles, there is no point in having principles.

Marvin Bower

#4. Her tears and my soul, they live parallel lives. Run, ache, burn. Repeat. Her tears and my soul, they live parallel lives. - BENTON JAMES KESSLER

Colleen Hoover

#5. The shortest way to arrive at glory would be to do that for conscience which we do for glory.

Michel De Montaigne

#6. As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope ... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal.

Hal Sparks

#7. The vast majority of criminal cases are settled by plea bargaining. Only the rare civil case goes to trial, not least because most judges now see "case management" rather than presiding over trials as their primary responsibility. Late

Mark Tushnet

#8. I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting ... . I will never talk down to, or draw down to, children.

Barbara Cooney

#9. Sir Toby Belch: "Dost think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?" (Twelfth Night)

William Shakespeare

#10. Don't you hate when people are late to work. And they always have the worst excuses. "Oh, I'm sorry I'm late, traffic." "Traffic, huh? How do you think I got here; helicoptered in!?"

Ellen DeGeneres

#11. Hard work precedes great success.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. In England, at least, corruption only became unfashionable (and in fact only started to be called "corruption") when there started to be other, faster ways to get rich.

Paul Graham