Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.

The opera always loses money. That’s as it should be. Opera has no business making money.

Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don’t dare express themselves as we did. Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. Money doesn’t change men. It merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out; that’s all. Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right. Nothing is particularly hard if you divide… Lees verder Henry Ford

Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar: (November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012). American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. When you focus on problems, you will have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you will have more opportunities. Dreams grow if you do. The less you respond… Lees verder Zig Ziglar

Avram Noam Chomsky: (Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 7 December 1928). American linguist, philosopher, media critic and political activist. Chomsky is professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A founder of generative linguistics, he is the most influential linguist of the 20th century. Between 1980 and 1992, he was the most cited author in scientific… Lees verder Noam Chomsky

Show me a great actor and I’ll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you’ve seen the devil.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: (Taganrog, Russia, 29 January 1860 – Badenweiler, Germany, 15 July 1904). Russian writer, mainly of plays and short stories. Chekhov is counted among the greats of literary history. Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. People don’t notice if it’s August or December… Lees verder Anton Chekhov

What is society but an individual? No Longer Human.

If you write well, you don’t have to dress funny.