Shamchat Hamilton Quotes

#1. Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a single hand. The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority. #Quote by Alexander Hamilton

#2. I will not be something you fuck and cuddle. I will be queen or I will be nothing to you. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#3. He came to me then, wrapped his arms around me. I stayed stiff in his arms for a moment, and then I collapsed into his body. I clung to him. I let his strength and his nearness hold me. I let him hold me while I wept and screamed and wailed. I lost it completely, and Richard held me while I did it. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#4. It feels like we're in a Harry Potter book talking about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#5. The superiority ... enjoyed by nations that have ... perfected a branch of industry, constitutes a ... formidable obstacle. #Quote by Alexander Hamilton

#6. This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any many who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. #Quote by Alexander Hamilton

#7. Madison loathed Hamilton and loved Jefferson above all. #Quote by Richard Brookhiser

#8. For instance, Publius affirms that the electoral college "affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications." In fact, he speaks of "a constant probability of seeing the station filled by characters preeminent for ability and virtue," or "at least respectable" (No. #Quote by Alexander Hamilton

#9. God, did he ever know how to kiss me. He kissed me like it was the first time and the last time. Like we were both going to burn alive from it. And I folded into him like I didn't care. #Quote by Alwyn Hamilton

#10. I didn't know what to say to that. I just stared at him. He was right, of course he was right, but ... "I can't do my job like this."
"No," he said, "you can't."
Then suddenly I felt the first tear slide down my face.
"No crying," he said.
Another tear joined the first. I fought not to wipe at them.
His hand dropped to his side and he took a deep breath. "That's not fair. Don't cry."
"I'm sorry, I don't mean to, but you're right, I think. I'm pregnant, damn it, not crippled. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#11. Had I realized while on Earth," he said, "that Hell was such a delightful place, I should have put more faith in the teachings of religion. As it was, I actually doubted its existence. A foolish error, cherie. I am pleased to say that you have converted me completely."
"I, too," observed Mr. Hamilton, helping himself to wine, "was something of an unbeliever in my time, and while never quite an atheist, like my arch-enemy Jefferson, I was still inclined to look upon Satan as merely a myth. Imagine my satisfaction to find him ruling a monarchy! You know I spent the greater part of my earthly existence fighting Mr. Jefferson and his absurd democratic ideas and now look at the damn country! Run by morons! #Quote by Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr.

#12. When I meet someone who says they're not "much for books," I can guarantee that they haven't met the right book yet. #Quote by Kersten Hamilton

#13. As far as they were concerned, if the U.S. government did not extinguish its debt, there would always be public creditors. Those creditors, who would come from among the wealthiest Americans, would support the U.S. government. The Union would thus be cemented. Madison cooperated closely with Hamilton and #Quote by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

#14. We would be stories long after we were gone. Imperfect, inaccurate stories. Stories that could never even come close to reality #Quote by Alwyn Hamilton

#15. Questions are great, but only if you know the answers. If you ask questions and the answers surprise you, you look silly. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#16. Friends don't count the cost of favors. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#17. I seemed to still be alive. Which was unexpected. I'd feel good about it when I stopped retching my insides up. #Quote by Alwyn Hamilton

#18. There is perhaps, nothing more likely to disturb the tranquillity of nations, than their being bound to mutual contributions for any common object that does not yield an equal and coincident benefit. For it is an observation as true, as it is trite, that there is nothing men differ so readily about as the payment of money. #Quote by Alexander Hamilton

#19. The hostile force! The reasone the barrier was established. "Astrophysics, do we know what's causing that?"
"No, sir," Bruno said cheerfully. "Not a clue". #Quote by Peter F. Hamilton

#20. To presume a want of motives for such contests as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious. To look for a continuation of harmony between a number of independent, unconnected sovereignties in the same neighborhood, would be to disregard the uniform course of human events, and to set at defiance the accumulated experience of ages. The causes of hostility among nations are innumerable. There are some which have a general and almost constant operation upon the collective bodies of society. Of this description are the love of power or the desire of pre-eminence and dominion - the jealousy of power, or the desire of equality and safety. There are #Quote by Alexander Hamilton

#21. For as Alexander Hamilton pointed out in the Federalist Papers nearly two centuries ago, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will. #Quote by Henry Hazlitt

#22. You have a high opinion of yourself, Anita. Confident. I like that. Always so much more entertaining to break someone strong. The weaklings fold and cry and snivel, but the brave ones, they almost demand that you hurt them." He stalked towards me, reaching out one white spider-hand. "Do you want me to hurt you? #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#23. I'm past patiently waitin,' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation. #Quote by Alexander Hamilton

#24. I always remind myself if I'm having a down day because of a bad race it's not just me. That feeling I'm having is shared by my family, the team and my fans. When we win they feel the joy as well. That's why I say we win and lose together, and I definitely couldn't do it without them. #Quote by Lewis Hamilton

#25. Fox News reported Thursday that Bill Clinton can't get into any of New York's better golf and country clubs. Not one member has been willing to sponsor him. So it's official, he really is America's first black president. #Quote by Argus Hamilton

#26. Although the spoken word is over six million years old, #Quote by Emma Walton Hamilton

#27. I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend. #Quote by Suzy Favor Hamilton

#28. I don't do doomed. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#29. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated. #Quote by Edith Hamilton

#30. It would be nice if you'd stop almost killing me because you don't want to screw other peo­ple. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

#31. I called the desert into a storm. #Quote by Alwyn Hamilton

#32. Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was the voice of destiny, summoning the child into his future with all its glorious promise. #Quote by Anne Hamilton

#33. I was purely content to sit in the car and wander around my own mind. Watching the world itself, the people in it, and my whole internal life was more than enough to keep me entertained. #Quote by Gabrielle Hamilton

#34. When we are parted, let me lie In some far corner of thy heart Silent, and from the world apart, Like a forgotten melody #Quote by Charles Hamilton Aide

#35. There is that moment when you are alone with a man and you both realize it. Alone together, there are always possibilities in that. There is a nearly painful awareness of each other. It can lead to awkwardness, to sex, or to fear, depending on the man and the situation. #Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton