Bitter Quotes
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In bitter almond oil, like in a great number of other substances that previously had been counted among the 'aromatic compounds' on behalf of their strong smell, a derivative of benzene is present. The special properties of benzene and its derivatives are caused by the typical arrangement of their carbon atoms.
Otto Wallach
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The loneliest, most down-on-his-luck person can have a dog who adores him. The most bitter, sour person can light up with joy when he sees his dog. It is magical and, as 'The Dog Master' reveals, it is biological - we evolved together.
W. Bruce Cameron
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Now, bitter, but useful, mortification is the steppingstone to knowledge, even in a child.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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I became bitter, hard, cold. I was always on a panic - couldn't buy clothes or a good place to live.
Charlie Parker
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter.
Camille Claudel
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It does seem simple, doesn't it?' she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, 'when you want to kill a chicken...you take hold of it...then you wring its neck...it's only the chicken who does not find it quite so simple. Now you hold a knife at my throat, and a hostage for my obedience...You find it simple...I don't
Emma Orczy
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A bitter thing cannot be made sweet. The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar
Babasaheb
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Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
Ellis Peters
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It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.
Martha Gellhorn
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Love is as bitter as the dregs of sin, As sweet as clover-honey in its cell; Love is the password whereby souls get in To Heaven--the gate that leads, sometimes, to Hell.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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It is only the forcible propagation of conventional Christianity that makes the agnostic so bitter toward the church. He knows that all the doctrines cannot possibly be true, but he would view them with toleration if he were asked merely to let them alone for the benefit of the masses whom they can help and succour.
H. P. Lovecraft
