James L. Petigru Quotes

Even my basic, basic wardrobe is still pathetically colour coordinated. It just is. That is just me. — Trinny Woodall

If one has not influence to stem the torrent of popular delusion he is reduced to the melancholy part of a spectator in the midst of the ruin. — James L. Petigru

The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn. — Richard Reti

The fact that Augustus made me feel special did not necessarily indicate that I was special. — John Green

To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government. — James L. Petigru

Regular stretching makes your movements more sensuous and fluid. — Susan Crain Bakos

Women and egoistic artists entertain a feeling towards science that is something composed of envy and sentimentality. — Friedrich Nietzsche

If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief. — James Bovard

The war begins to make itself felt very near to us. — James L. Petigru

South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum. — James L. Petigru

I don't know what I want, except that I don't want to give up yet. — Cassandra Clare

The political power of the Country must fall eventually into the hands of certain great families as it always has done in other republics. — James L. Petigru

The pulse of the People is still so high as to call for more bleeding, before quinine can be administered with any hope of benefit. — James L. Petigru

... an implicit assumption is always: what will happen next already happened (exactly or approximately) in the past. — Henk W. Broer