Gentleman From Moscow Quotes

#1. One does not like to be told that one is naturally the inferior of a little man

Virginia Woolf

#2. When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped flying.

Anthony Liccione

#3. But instead of all that, here he was - the rich husband of an unfaithful wife, a retired gentleman-in-waiting, who liked to eat, drink, and, unbuttoning himself, to denounce the government a little, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universally beloved member of Moscow society.

Leo Tolstoy

#4. What are we to do, then? To make the best of what lies within our power, and deal with everything else as it comes. 'How does it come, then?' As God wills.

Epictetus

#5. It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

Henry David Thoreau

#6. This year I hope
I truly learn
to fly-kick
not to kick anyone
so much as
to fly.

Thanhha Lai

#7. Do not ignore the voice of your heart always in favor of your logical mind. For the heart remembers beauties that the mind cannot recall and thus speaks for a reason.

Tonny K. Brown

#8. The situation could not possibly be as dire as it seemed or they would all be dead.

Neal Stephenson

#9. Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.

Mary Astell

#10. Experimentation is an active science.

Claude Bernard

#11. I use mainly products by Dermalogica. They have specialized formulas to target specific skin needs, which I like. It works well for my sensitive skin.

Joanne Froggatt

#12. I think every generation has that movement of hip-hop that you know you're playing it and you definitely have that moment of like, "Why am I saying this so enthusiastically? Why am I so stoked and psyched to say these lyrics?"

Solange Knowles

#13. Rather than being purpose-driven, I prefer to be presence-centered. All our efforts in God's Kingdom must originate from the place of rest, the place of His presence.

Heidi Baker

#14. Lucky she was, she would reply, with no children to break her back, no husband to break her heart.

Yiyun Li

#15. Well, sometimes everybody tells you something because it is true."
"Sometimes," Nina clarified, "everybody tells you something because they are everybody. But why should one listen to everybody? Did everybody write the Odyssey? Did everybody write the Aeneid?

Amor Towles

#16. Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.

Arthur Lynch

#17. One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed.

Friedrich Nietzsche