Sawday Quotes

#1. Dividing one number by another is mere computation ; knowing what to divide by what is mathematics.

Jordan Ellenberg

#2. Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts ... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

Max Lucado

#3. From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how I approached classical music. I'm sure of it.

Kathleen Battle

#4. 'The Museum of Innocence' is not about politics; it's a love story, but I think it's political in the sense that it wants to capture how a man suppresses a woman.

Orhan Pamuk

#5. I think it's counterproductive for actors to come to the set with well-thumbed copies of the book their film is adapted from.

Charles Dance

#6. I need a bodyguard."
Simon eyed him. "Have you been watching The Bodyguard? Because I am not going to fall in love with you and carry you around in my burly arms.

Cassandra Clare

#7. In the August night and the perspective of Beacon

Henry James

#8. What do you do with your legacy, and how do you best put it to use?

August Wilson

#9. I always take an Alastair Sawday guide. I stayed in three or four places in India that they had recommended, and every one of them was wonderful.

Diana Quick

#10. Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.

Bertrand Russell

#11. Pain is the only reward for clinging to impossible dreams. (Harry Braxton)

Connie Brockway

#12. Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers.

John Shimkus

#13. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

James Madison