Elizabeth Goudge Quotes

It was only in his rare moments of silence, when his face fell into repose and the laughter died out of his eyes and his full lips drooped one upon the other, that one observer in a thousand might have known him for a man who dared not think. In those moments he looked like a mangy, sad old lion looking out upon the splendor of the grand old days from behind the bars of his prison cell.

Elizabeth Goudge

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• Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Power
  • Plants
  • Be Prepared

• Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Children
  • Why
  • Nephews

• Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.

  

  Barbara Johnson
  • Life
  • Remember
  • Better

• If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.

  

  Madeline Zima
  • People
  • Kind
  • Spirit

• We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.

  

  Carlo Rubbia
  • Time
  • Long
  • Energy

• There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.

  

  Pat Summerall
  • Help
  • Know
  • Daughter

• I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • People
  • Political
  • Leadership

• I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Confidence
  • Vision
  • Creativity

• Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

  

  Quintilian
  • Late
  • Begin
  • Too Late

• The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the interest of capital as an interest of the system based on hyper-competition, the more likely it is that you vehemently deny climate change. Because if climate change is real, your worldview will come crashing down around you.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Real
  • Change
  • Competition

• You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

  

  Gavin DeGraw
  • Together
  • Player
  • Animal

• I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.

  

  Ian Thorpe
  • Thought
  • Would
  • Swim

• Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Deep
  • Run
  • Resentment

• I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.

  

  Rachel Keller
  • Myself
  • Acting
  • Losing

• The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.

  

  Harold H. Greene
  • Real
  • Words
  • Lies

• Our nation is today a powerful nation.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Today
  • Powerful
  • Nation

• The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Business
  • Challenges

• I sing a lot, so if I have lipstick, it gets all over the microphone, so I rarely wear lipstick.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • Sing
  • Lipstick
  • Over

• I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Person
  • Rather
  • Dealt

• Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

  

  George Whitefield
  • Journey
  • Strive
  • Mark

• Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Job
  • Running
  • Positive

• When you're 18, 19, you think you know everything, but you have no clue about anything.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Think
  • You
  • Know

• It was only in his rare moments of silence, when his face fell into repose and the laughter died out of his eyes and his full lips drooped one upon the other, that one observer in a thousand might have known him for a man who dared not think. In those moments he looked like a mangy, sad old lion looking out upon the splendor of the grand old days from behind the bars of his prison cell.

  

  Elizabeth Goudge
  • Think
  • Silence
  • Laughter