Ewen Montagu Quotes

#1. 'The Man Who Never Was,' by Ewen Montagu, remains the best book about wartime espionage written by an active participant - incomplete, and dry in parts, it nonetheless summons up the ingenuity and sheer eccentricity of those who played this strange and dangerous game.

Ben Macintyre

#2. She and my uncle were very sociable and would have a lot of people over at night to play cards or whatever. The high spot of those evenings was when we kids got dressed up to do a skit or something to amuse the guests. I loved it.

Louise Fletcher

#3. Even a dry well may freshen.

Robert Charles Wilson

#4. A respectable soul of good quality costs entirely too much to maintain.

A.E. Marling

#5. The breaking of day changes all things, Snorri. Nothing endures beyond the count of the sun. Pile a sufficient weight of mornings upon a thing and it will change. Even the rocks themselves will not outlast the morning.

Mark Lawrence

#6. The advice of a scholar, whose piles of learning were set on fire by imagination, is never to be forgotten. Proportion an hour's reflection to an hour's reading, and so dispirit the book into the student.

Robert Aris Willmott

#7. Excuse me?" I asked. I always say "excuse me" even though I heard perfectly well what the person said. I feel that by saying "excuse me," I'm giving them a chance to realize they're being an asshole, and they can change their attitude for the second attempt.

Jen Mann

#8. Criticism always produces negative reactions, but appreciation always creates positive actions.

Debasish Mridha

#9. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality.

Bob Marley

#10. The second ward was declared a temporary holding cell for their prisoner, the ba, who followed in the procession, bound to a float pallet. Miles scowled as the pallet drifted past, towed on its control lead by a watchful, muscular sergeant.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#11. I didn't survive, I prepared." Nelson Mandela's answer when Tony asked him, "Sir, how did you survive all those years in prison?

Timothy Ferriss

#12. I'm more than just an option.

Drake

#13. Little things matter. Even a small tear wets the face.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#14. I can set up shop anywhere. I've got my oils, I've got my yoga mat and I'm good to go. I must know good yoga classes in about 25 cities on this planet.

Minnie Driver