M.K. Alexander Quotes

My dream has come true. I play with the great players and on a great team. I'm smiling and happy and enjoying the time of my life.

In my view this is not democracy, but a zoo.... It was exactly what we expected, but not on that scale nor in that form. In a word, it was nothing but a zoo, you can't put it better

Win with ability, not with numbers.

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.

In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.

Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.

My fingers always seem busier than my mind.

I tend to like the most basic pieces with the perfect fit and fabric, like a simple tank.

To me death is better than the defensive.

Because we are afraid of life, we seek to control or master it.

Losers bring money into the market which is necessary for the prosperity of the trading industry.

For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests.

There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.

May the Lord array thee in the garment of salvation and surround thee with the cloak of happiness.

People are deeply nourished by the process of creating wholeness.

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.

Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.

British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.

Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.

A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.

A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes.

I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.

Everybody is jumping up and down back in Russia. Probably lots of vodka, too.

Love the offender, yet detest the offense.

Maybe's he's just jealous I have hair.

Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.

Here sir, the people govern.

As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.

No man's prayer is acceptable with God whose life is not well pleasing before God.

There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.

True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

Judgment of eye, speed and attack are the basis of victory.

A promise must never be broken.

The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.

You see nature and then you try to emulate it.

Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our Indian spirit of democracy, where Earth, our mother, was free to all, and no one sought to impoverish or enslave his neighbor?

Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.

I really learn from something that really inspires me and it becomes something that I remember.

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.

Despair is the only cure for illusion.

Only he who can say, 'The Lord is the strength of my life' can go on to say, 'Of whom shall I be afraid?'

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.