quotes about Bossy

“You'll live astride the line that separates life from death. You'll become experienced in the wisdom of grief. You won't wait until people die to grieve for them; you'll give them their grief while they are still alive, for then judgment falls away, and there remains only the miracle of being.”

Source : Rana Dasgupta (2011). “Solo”, p.335, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I always thought Cheers ended well. You always anticipate that the characters, theough they're leaving television, will somehow go on in another world of the imagination, which I think is good.”

“I like fighting Tories... that's what I do.”

Source : Anthony Albanese during Press Conference in Sydney, anthonyalbanese.com.au. February 25, 2012.

“Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.”

“If there is a defining aspect of UNC women's soccer, and its success, it is what we call the competitive cauldron. It is the pinnacle of our program. The great part about the cauldron is that it fosters a quality we can all possess. It isn't a talent we are born with. Competitive drive is not governed by innate ability, but by self-discipline and desire”

“As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.”

“Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important...”

“Sin has been pardoned at such a price that we cannot henceforth trifle with it.”

“We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer others. Whether coming or going, standing, sitting or lying down, our mind should be focused in this way. If we practise like this and develop mindfulness continuously, wisdom arises quickly and this is a fast way of practice.”

“A human heart is a skein of such imperceptibly and subtly interwoven threads that even the owner of it is often himself at a loss how to unravel it.”

Source : Giovanni Ruffini (1857). “Doctor Antonio: a tale of Italy”, p.299