#wit

Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and obligations, which we must consistently meet. Greece belongs to Europe and Europe cannot be envisaged without Greece. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#cannot #consistently #defend #envisaged #euro

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy. ↗

— Paracelsus

#either #everything #makes #poison #remedy

We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself. ↗

— Paracelsus

#away #because #fooling #know #our

I love the romance of 'let's get married,' but then, when you have it so perfect... I mean, I'm more married than anybody can be - we have two kids. Maybe one day, but it's something I can really do without. ↗

— Vanessa Paradis

#day #get #get married #i #i can

I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that. ↗

— Ron Davies

#assure #behalf #democracy #draconian #else

In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew. ↗

— Ruth Park

#come #did #event #hot #like

I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments. ↗

— Evan Parker

#being #does #i #i think #imitated

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#foolish #haunt #memory #our #refuge

In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything. ↗

— Molly Parker

#costumes #first #first thing #general #indicate

I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#being #between #blink #choice #give