"The causes that govern the heart appear to be wholly alien to the results achieved. Are the forces that moved a desperate criminal the same that fill a martyr with pride, as both mount the scaffold?"

-- Honore de Balzac

#Heart Quotes #Pride Quotes #Criminals Quotes

“Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I'm really feeling intimidated, I'll just pick a wine type, like a Chianti or Brunello or a Burgundy, and I'll pick a year that's missing and ask for that one.”
“I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.”

Source : "Ben Whishaw: Hold the front page" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2011.
“The best attitude to take toward back talk is to reach out and embrace it with love, compassion, and understanding. No need to criticize it for its shortcomings or to waste time in recriminations. Just give a loving nod and a hug to any back talk you get, and move on to the joyful creation of your fulfilled life.”
“I just made a killing in the stock market -- I shot my broker.”
“As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost your political party seemingly perpetual congressional seats....When somebody asks you, sir, about the cooked books and faked threats you foisted on a sincere and frightened nation; when somebody asks you, sir, about your gallant, noble, self-abnegating sacrifice of your golf game so as to soothe the families of the war dead; this advice, Mr. Bush: Shut the hell up! Good night and good luck.”
“I cut the ribbon in Paris, and everyone in Paris speaks French â€” maybe you knew that. But I'm from Tennessee, and Tennessee girls don't speak French. So suddenly I'm stuck onstage with Minnie and Mickey and everyone is yelling at me in French â€” I guess they're telling me to get off the stage, but I didn't know what they were saying at the time, so I start dancing with Minnie and Mickey like on the show and finally my aunt comes and gets me off.”
“As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but rich and costly: maintaining us to the heighth of her estate, but not beyond it.”

Source : Margaret Cavendish (2000). “Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader”, p.42, Broadview Press
“As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.”

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