Dorothy Leigh Sayers Quotes
None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.
Quotes to Explore
-
Age for me is just a number.
-
The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
-
I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
-
I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
-
Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
-
Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
-
One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
-
I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
-
I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
-
I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
-
I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
-
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
-
Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.
-
Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard.
-
It's one of my favorite seasons of the year: Back to School. As a kid, I loved fresh school supplies, new outfits, the change of seasons, and the chance to crack open a new textbook.
-
Infosys is an absolute meritocracy. Even in a meritocracy, other things being equal, you have to give opportunity to the more experienced candidate.
-
I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.
-
The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.
-
Il n'y a pas une idée qui ne porte en elle sa réfutation possible, un mot, le mot contraire.
-
You have got to be able to picture side by side everything Matisse and I were doing at that time. No one has ever looked at Matisse's painting more carefully than I; and no one has looked at mine more carefully than he.
-
Every town has become a border town and every State has become a border State.
-
It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.
-
God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual cosmetics to make myself presentable to Him. I can accept ownership of my poverty and powerlessness and neediness.
-
None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.
