“Splendid,” said the Emperor, without a hint of sarcasm. “I believe we’ve achieved a new level of doomed.” Y” — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Splendid. I believe we've achieved a whole new level of doomed.” — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird. — Martial Copy Share Image
The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light. — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
I suggest that there is a splendid way out of the difficulty of marriage, and that is my way - stay out. — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have at last, after several months' experience, made up my mind that [New York] is a splendid desert--a domed and steepled… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Marriage is an institution that teaches a man regularity, frugality, temperance, forbearance and many other splendid virtues he would not need had… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“There's no shame compared to being beautiful with nothing in your brain, an ugly devil with wits is much better that the… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Isn't it better to have your heart broken than to have it wither up? Before it could be broken it must have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also… — Herbert Kaufman Copy Share Image
The National Catholic Register's coverage of the Church universal, and the Church in our own country, is splendid. — Timothy M. Dolan Copy Share Image
Evil always wins through the strength of its splendid dupes; and there has in all ages been a disastrous alliance between abnormal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want to let her know though that all the nights sleeping beside her even the useless arguments were things ever splendid… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It seems to me that my mother was the most splendid woman I ever knew... I have met a lot of people… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
This is not the way these tales end," Calliope said firmly. "This is not the way that things end when they get… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family, and a few old friends, dining… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Shakespeare carries us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own; and we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I could not but smile to think in what out-of-the-way corners genius produces her bantlings! And the Muses, those capricious dames, who,… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need to examine old opinions and look at things from a new viewpoint. There must be an increase… — Albert Renger-Patzsch Copy Share Image
Life's so brief,” she goes on. “We're, at every juncture, staring mortality in the face. It's the very least we can do… — Kate Mulgrew Copy Share Image
If Aristotle, Livy, and Harrington knew what a republic was, the British constitution is much more like a republic than an empire.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
And yet, or just for this reason, it's so fascinating to be a woman. It's an adventure that takes such courage, a… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
What shall I say of the gallantry with which these Marines have fought! Of the slopes of Hill 142; of the Mares… — James Harbord Copy Share Image
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
It is a sad hardship and slavery to people who live in towns, that in their movements they know of one dimension… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die: but… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The Country Doctor Revisited is a fine achievement. Purporting to be an overview of the practice of medicine in rural areas, it… — Richard Selzer Copy Share Image
"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain. — Phaedrus Copy Share Image
“Splendid . . . a novel for anyone who has a sharp eye and ear for life.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why, flowers are violent, cruel, terrible and splendid... like love! — Octave Mirbeau Copy Share Image
[Audubon's works are] the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology. — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Mother, whose heart hung humble as a button the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind. — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state. — George Mikes Copy Share Image