Laurence Sterne Famous Quotes
Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
"A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything."
"Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood."
Laurence Sterne Quotations
Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.
German proverb
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde
"If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquility of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. . . . Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality . . . . Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strengths."
Alexis Carrel
"We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it."
Roald Dahl
"If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either."
Dick Cavett
"Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically."
Mao Zedong
"I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones."
John Peel
"I just want to say this. I want to say it gently but I want to say it firmly There is a tendency for the world to say to America, the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out, and then to worry when America wants to sort them out."
Tony Blair
"God will be present, whether asked or not."
Latin Proverb
Advice is what you ask for when you already know the answer but wish you didn't.
Erica Jong