quotes about Sleepless Nights

“And a proverb haunts my mind As a spell is cast, The mill cannot grind With the water that is past.”

Source : Sarah Doudney (1871). “Psalms of life”, p.82

“I-I don't usually go around throwing rocks at people's windows. Or saying that I've wanted to kiss you since your first day at work, when you wanted to know why we had three codes for fish sandwiches when we only sold one kind.”

“I know full well how important women are in diplomacy and development. I grew up with seven sisters.”

“I am not at all sure we could ever reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians' present leadership. We shall have to wait for the next generation. The most we could expect is, perhaps, another interim agreement. A Palestinian state? A permanent settlement? I do not see that happening in the coming years.”

“Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.”

Source : Anzia Yezierska (1950). “Red ribbon on a white horse”

“Acting takes a degree of mutual trust and respect.”

“Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state.”

“People should be suspicious if every decision was unanimous.”

Source : Source: www.cbc.ca

“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”

“The bigger the mistake looks, the better chance I'll have to break out and live a real life. Our real discoveries come from chaos. - Brandy Alexander”