Ellis Peters Quotes

You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away.

Ellis Peters

Quotes to Explore

There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.

Ramez Naam
- Action
- Worry
- Optimism
God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.

Ziggy Marley
- God
- Like
- Sun
How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.

Carlos Slim
- Business
- Think
- Numbers
The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.

Patrick Leahy
- Problems
- Need
- Create
My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.

Salvatore Quasimodo
- People
- Time
- Men
People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.

Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
- People
- Picture
- Guilty