rihanna quotes and sayings

The road to medical knowledge is through the pathological museum and not through an apothecary's shop. ~William Withey Gull


Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. ~Franklin P. Jones


The finest clothing made is a person's skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this. ~Mark Twain


Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life. ~Giovanni Papini


To most outsiders, modern mathematics is unknown territory. Its borders are protected by dense thickets of technical terms; its landscapes are a mass of indecipherable equations and incomprehensible concepts. Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas. ~Ivars Peterson


I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Firefighting is all about ass - busting ours to save yours. ~Author Unknown


Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. ~William Shakespeare, King Lear, 1605


It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it. ~Claudette Colbert, quoted in Kindling the Spirit by Lois P. Frankel


I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several. ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge


There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. ~Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady


If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. ~Katherine Hepburn


The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble. ~Clara Ortega


At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence? ~Jules Feiffer


Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960


There are three iron links in the neurotic's chain: unloving, unlovable, unloved. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. ~Henry Ward Beecher


Dancers are the messengers of the gods. ~Martha Graham


When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. ~Laurence Olivier


I think the enemy is here before us.... I think the enemy is simple selfishness and compulsive greed.... I think he stole our earth from us, destroyed our wealth, and ravaged and despoiled our land. ~Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again, 1949