R.D. Blackmore Quotes
Knowing Master Huckaback to be a man of his word, as well as one who would have others so, I was careful to be in good time the next morning . . .
R.D. Blackmore
Quotes to Explore
-
My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more as a choice to spread my wings than anything. Writers, like good wine, should mature with age.
Ted Dekker
-
Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
Fanny Brice
-
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.
Saint Teresa of Avila
-
To understand the fanatic rejection of women's liberation in the Muslim world, one has to take into account the time factor. Most of us educated women have illiterate mothers. The conservative wave against women in the Muslim world is a defense mechanism against profound changes in both sex roles and the touchy subject of sexual identity.
Fatema Mernissi
-
Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.
Walter Lang
-
You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What - doesn't make a difference! Doesn't make a difference. I think he did a good job.
Cab Calloway
-
Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.
Martin Landau
-
Not very good ones, I'll tell you that. We always seemed to have a tough time against them.
Joe Gibbs
-
The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time.
Beau Willimon
-
As for the financial world - I've been working in the Forbes building for eight years. You soak up a little bit of ambient stuff about all this - I know what a gold straddle is, what the Lombard rate is.
Christopher Buckley
-
A kiss on the hand may feel very, very good, but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever.
Anita Loos
-
Knowing Master Huckaback to be a man of his word, as well as one who would have others so, I was careful to be in good time the next morning . . .
R.D. Blackmore