Lilted Quotes

#1. A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous Epic lilted out By violet-hooded Doctors, elegies And quoted odes, and jewels five-words-long, That on the stretched forefinger of all Time Sparkle for ever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#2. Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America

Eric Hoffer

#3. Friendship with the upright, with the truthful and with the well informed is beneficial. Friendship with those who flatter, with those who are meek and who compromise with principles, and with those who talk cleverly is harmful.

Confucius

#4. I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.

Colin Quinn

#5. When you think about it, there is really a fine line between being a proctologist and just being a perverted ass-freak. And according to the judge who sentenced me, that line is called a 'medical degree'.

Brad Wilkerson

#6. Given a shave and a new suit, the pair wrote, a Neanderthal probably would attract no more attention on a New York City subway than some of its other denizens.

Elizabeth Kolbert

#7. She had always swum alone. She had never swum in the company of a man, and this man -- She dragged her eyes away again....
"Go in. I will follow you but don't look."
Jack laughed. "I never make promises I can't keep," he said.

Marguerite Kaye

#8. Holly Barker series was a great read for me. Stuart gives short chapters and continued action all through his books.

Stuart Woods

#9. Likewise he believed that men wandering or lost in the wilderness often reversed that brutal order of life and became noble, wonderful, super-human.

Zane Grey

#10. No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

Nelson Mandela

#11. Agave nectar is a good substitute for refined sugars. It has a relatively low glycaemic index, which means it doesn't cause quick rises in blood sugar levels. It also has a nice, mild flavour.

Yotam Ottolenghi

#12. The primary condition for being sincere is the same as for being humble: not to boast about it, and probably not even to be aware of it.

Henri Peyre

#13. Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.

Margaret Cavendish

#14. We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors.

Anne Roiphe