Elena Dementieva famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It is said to be a deterrent. I cannot agree....I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions I carried out has in any way acted as a deterrent against future murder. Capital punishment, in my view, achieved nothing except revenge.
As readers, we are seldom interested in the fine sentiments of a lesson learnt; we seldom care about the good manners of morals. Repentance puts an end to conversation; forgiveness becomes the stuff of moralistic tracts. Revenge - bloodthirsty, justice-hungry revenge - is the very essence of romance, lying at the heart of much of the best fiction.
To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.
Got any excuses tonight Roy?
I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.
That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!
Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? ...a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate?
But beware, dear reader. For we go out into the wide, wild world, looking to change, looking to grow, looking for wisdom. But wisdom is hard to come by, and once achieved, it is very easily lost. Especially when one is leaving the wide, wild world - and returning to the place you once fled.
A recession is when you have to tighten your belt; depression is when you have no belt to tighten. When you've lost your trousers - you're in the airline business.
Stand still. The trees ahead and bush beside you are not lost.

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