FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Nor is it the spirit of those Christians - alas, they are many - whose ambition in life seems limited to building a nice middle-class Christian home, and making nice ... (J.I. Packer)

We plunge ourselves into enormous debt and then take two and three jobs to stay afloat. We uproot our families with unnecessary moves just so we can have a more ... (Catherine Whitmire)

Such disappointments, betrayals and reconciliations were the stuff of married life, but she and Jack had gone through them before the wedding. Now, at least, she felt confident that she ... (Ken Follett)

The world isn't perfect, and some days it wears you down. You can either accept that, and face it, and be a help to others instead of a hindrance. Or ... (Chloe Neill)

Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion. ... (Mikhail Bulgakov)

You see, it's not enough to know what the future is. You have to know what it means. ... (Terry Pratchett)

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. ... (Orson Welles)

Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body and looked down. With its ... (Lois Lowry)

Have you ever had sex with a horse? ... (Paul Merton)

We need to go inward instead of outward, and learn to trust our own inner guide, preserving our identity and finding the answers from within. ... (Jane Fulton Alt)

For me, the historical and genealogical library is the one I use. I'm working on, I'll say, it's a time travel novel. I haven't written very much of it. That's ... (Andrew Sean Greer)

It's only sixteen ninety-five," I say with a flutter of my lashes. "You're serious." I prop my hands on my waist and stick out a hip, striking a pose worthy ... (Stacey Jay)

They got their happy ending. That's the only reason why I can make myself walk away, make myself say goodbye to my girls, even though it kills me that I'm ... (Mia Asher)

Brothers and sisters, love the earth. Be true to the earth, and do not believe those seducers who look longingly to the world beyond, casting suspicion on this world. Jesus ... (Eberhard Arnold)

You are my beauty, my body, perfected. All I was drained off into you. When you left, my health went with you - leaving a moral morbidity I smell in ... (Clive Barker)

That was me, angel. ... (J.M. Darhower)

What he wanted was to find that world-within-the-world where he could be himself by himself. ... (Charlie Lovett)

A monster crosses over into the everyday world. The mortals struggle and show great courage, but it's no use. The monster kills first the guilty, then the innocent, until finally ... (Daryl Gregory)

Inside, the box was divided into tiered chambers, each with a lacquered lid, and these held a selection of ground and whole spices: sage, turmeric, cumin, ginger, mustard, cinnamon, asafetida, ... (Eli Brown)

I'm more thrilled by the short fiction than I expected to be. I've found more pleasure in reading short fiction than I used to. By seeing what kinds of thinking ... (Lorin Stein)

The worst way to fire somebody is to let it drag out. It's not good for that person because they're not succeeding in their role. And it's not good for ... (Nick Woodman)

Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like a child of ten, after a butterfly or ... (Alexandre Dumas-fils)

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. ... (David Miliband)

You killed 'em both, babe. They're both dead," he babbled, shaking. "I had to," she said, pointing the gun at the corpse lying at her feet. "That one saw me ... (Marc Rainer)

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time. ... (Sam Rayburn)

I am exalted over all the nations, my glory above the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before me; strength and glory are in my sanctuary. I wrap myself in light ... (Zhang Yun)

I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness. ... (Sadie Frost)

Everybody needs a hero. Jesus is mine. ... (Adrian Rogers)

But grieving people are selfish. They won't let you comfort them and they say you don't understand and they make you feel useless when all your life you've been functional ... (Melina Marchetta)

We do not know what our pets are thinking. This lack of knowledge allows us to project onto our pets our own thoughts and feelings, and thereby to feel an ... (M. Scott Peck)