(1175 quotes found)
“People change-- you have no right to ask them where their "real" selves have gone.”
mishxoxo
“Heart’s classification in highest semblance : Micron- confines in selfish “ I”; Tiny- finds in worthless “ Me”; Smallest- speaks fake “My”; Smaller- advises always “YOU”; Small-acknowledges single “Thank You”; Big-accepts regularly “Mistakes”; Bigger-corrects overtly “Himself”; Biggest- Appreciates selflessly “Others”; Iconic- self practises “Preachings”.”
Anuj Somany
“He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.'”
Lisa Anderson
“We plan to stay here for a while, yes ma'am.”
John Casey
“"Heat, ma'am!" I said; "it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones”
Sydney Smith
“Did they try to cover it up? No ma'am, they didn't try to cover it up. Everybody knew; everybody knew what happened. Everybody heard the gunfire.”
Joe Loya
“[Marcelo told her,] Ma'am, I'm supposed to tell you after you see the photographs that General Sanchez wants to see you in his office. ... before I even saw the photographs, I was preparing words to say in a press conference - to be up front, to be honest about this, that an investigation is ongoing and there are some allegations of detainee abuse.”
Janis Karpinski
“He was always pleasant and polite - 'Yes sir, yes ma'am' - but he had that short fuse, ... As he got older, he eventually came to the realization that even though he wasn't the one responsible for where he was (in trouble and in foster care), he was the one who was going to have to (rise above it).”
Rob Davis
“Pump 4 with the red truck, you're ready to go, Ma'am, please come inside and pay when you're done pumping.”
Tim Sutton
“He's tough, ma'am, tough, is J. B. Tough and devilish sly!”
Charles Dickens