Meliora Quotes

#1. Our magistrates discharge their duties best at the beginning; and fall off toward the end.
[Lat., Initia magistratuum nostrorum meliora, ferme finis inclinat.]

Tacitus

#2. Speramus meliora; resurgret cineribus. We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes,

Jeffrey Eugenides

#3. Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has burned to the ground. The city's flag acknowledges as much. Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus: We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes.

Charlie LeDuff

#4. A mind that is charmed by false appearances refuses better things.
[Lat., Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.]

Horace

#5. We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military expedition.

Peter O'Toole

#6. He puts his arm around me, the lights dancing on his dark skin constantly skipping across to mine, planting a myriad of emotions into each pore as if preparing my heart for tilling.

Poppet

#7. As a general rule, in the world of magic, the most successful magician is the one who has enough patience to keep the secrets of his original magic effects.

Amit Kalantri

#8. HOW COULD anything originate out of its opposite? For example, truth out of error?

Friedrich Nietzsche

#9. Darkness never lasts forever. Morning always comes with the lights of love to brighten our future.

Debasish Mridha

#10. I love the phrase, 'Somebody's going to have a good day today, so it might as well be me.' I feel like you bring everything to the character, I hope.

Josh Peck

#11. The one thing that cannot be outsourced is creativity. We have to find ways to support creative people because the only way we are going to improve our laws ... is by creating our way out of it.

Adam Leipzig

#12. We're just dealing with the kind of warp and woof of television ratings.

Andrew Heyward

#13. But there was nothing else she could be right now except strong.

Morgan Rhodes

#14. Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make their own rules.

Robert Anton Wilson

#15. The pages were yellowed and had gone to brown at the edges. They were brittle, much like the memories the photos evoked.

Michael Connelly

#16. Of course we're Criminals

Frank Miller

#17. Jesper gave him a little shake. "Pull it together, kid." "Not a kid," Wylan mumbled, batting Jesper's hands away. "Fine, you're an elder statesman. Do you know how to shoot?" Wylan nodded slowly. "Skeet.

Leigh Bardugo

#18. I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

John C. Maxwell