#retreat

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#china #cows #entirely #ever #farm

A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away. ↗

— William Wycherley

#constantly #country #dwell #like #little

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#give #great #life #our #private

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#decide #engaged #europe #fully #i

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#fired #get #i #just #retreat

Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#always #ask #attack #i #i always

The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#any #comes #company #continental #corporation

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#army #courage #more #retreat #soviet

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#bugle #ear #get #going #i

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat. ↗

— John Oates

#retreat #strike #you