An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
“My fear tries to keep my secrets locked down, but my hope keeps slipping you the key.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“You are guarded. You don't show your cards to anyone. There are times that you're impossible to read.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“He was guarded behind a hundred fences of reserve and anger.” — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
It started off really…claustrophobic. I feel like I was really really protected. Really guarded with myself. I feel like they [Def Jam]… — Rihanna Copy Share Image
I got some very good advice once. That was: You're not talking to a reporter, you're talking to the public. We didn't… — Marv Levy Copy Share Image
Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Language conveys a certain power. It is one of the instruments of domination. It is carefully guarded by the superior people because… — Sheila Rowbotham Copy Share Image
He was Will, in all his perfect imperfection; Will, whose heart was as easy to break as it was carefully guarded; Will,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now, my dad made sure I could take care of… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
Food and fire, protection and companionship, were some of the things he received from the god. In return, he guarded the god's… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, always a risky enterprise. I've… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I think there's something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it's regarding wealth, they're obviously… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
Alas! fond child, How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps? Thou may'st as well Go… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
The streets, at least in this part of town, seemed impossibly clean in comparison to London. The public telephones were unvandalised. For… — Clive James Copy Share Image
We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
For every one pupil who needs to be guarded against a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It [appears] that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have always used rather large execution squads, since I declined to use men who were specialists for shots in the neck… — Paul Blobel Copy Share Image
Skye kissed her forehead. "You saved my life." Katsa smiled. "You Lienid are very outward in your affection." "I'm going to name… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it… — Stephen Halbrook Copy Share Image
Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“I made spasmodic efforts to work, assuring myself that once I began working I would forget her. The difficulty was in beginning.… — Alfred Hayes Copy Share Image
The press box at Wrigley Field in Chicago is an extended narrow shed, two rows deep, that is precariously bolted to the… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
Neither torch nor dagger," Annabeth said firmly. "There is a third test, which I will pass." "A third test?" the pater demanded.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If the individuals who compose the purest circles of aristocracy in Europe, the guarded blood of centuries, should pass in review,in such… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I… — Farooq Abdullah Copy Share Image
In my experience of women, women have a greater capacity. Maybe women, even very pragmatic ones, are less guarded about showing emotions. — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
"Oscillate Wildly" is in many ways a story of first love and how it challenges our hero's guarded sense of what's possible. — Travis Mathews Copy Share Image
By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Mutual tolerance is the stepping stone to mutual respect. A hospitable mind is the key to a neighboring or an alien spirit,… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
Her theme was happiness: what it was; what it was not; where we might find it, where not; and how, if found,… — Mary Lavin Copy Share Image
I'm instinctively very suspicious and guarded, and I try to counteract it so much. I find reason allows you to be open,… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
Certainty is the enemy of mankind. If you're certain about everything, you have the Inquisition, you have Nazis and you have -… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
“There wasn't an inch of Mhisery that Quinn didn't find gorgeous, from her brain, to her body to her tightly guarded heart.” — Alex Morgan Copy Share Image
That one never need to look beyond the love of money for explanation of human behavior is one of the most jealously… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
But the world turns, and even legends change; and somewhere there is a border, and sometime, perhaps, someone will decide to cross… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
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