"Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?" The lady smiled. "That's a question rarely asked here at court." "And why is that?" "Because a woman of conscience would tell you that she is a person of conscience. A woman of ambition would tell you that she is a person of conscienceâ€”only much more convincingly."

-- Jim Butcher

#Ambition Quotes #Court Quotes #Persons Quotes

“We've grown accustomed to injustice in Russia. People are constantly being arrested unlawfully.”
“You can shave my head if you need to; it doesn't bother me.”
“Nothing commends a radical change to an Englishman more than the belief that it is really conservative.”
“A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.”
“There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves.”
“Thee may tell Aunt Janet from me that she might as well try to stop the stars in their courses as to try to stop a love affair.”
“One of the many possible divisions of human beings is into those who make and those who use.”
“The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos. Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps?”

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