FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do. ... (Sean Covey)

I do hear from people at my exhibition about seeing these things made from this toy from their childhood, and it brings them back. They'll go and buy a set ... (Nathan Sawaya)

We have to replace beauty, which is a cultural concept, with goodness, which is a humanist concept. ... (Philippe Starck)

A definite view, by contrast, favors firm convictions. Instead of pursuing many-sided mediocrity and calling it "well-roundedness," a definite person determines the one best thing to do and then does ... (Anonymous)

He made the country down in Illinois, and He made the Missouri", the little girl continued. "I guess somebody else made the country in these parts. It's not nearly so ... (Arthur Conan Doyle)

To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed. ... (Willie Stargell)

The only way to get better at stand-up is to do loads of gigs, and I don't know. I spread myself pretty thin to get the stage time. I'd love ... (Peter Serafinowicz)

Welsh mutates initial consonants. Actually all languages do, but most of them take centuries, while Welsh does it while your mouth is still open. ... (Jo Walton)

But Maven shut me out of a place that was rightfully mine. He didn't know to look for Elane. My lovely, invisible shadow. Her reports came later, under the cover ... (Victoria Aveyard)

Even if I turned ninety, lost my mind and forgot everytging else, the memory of the Winter prince would be a shining beacon that would never fade ... (Julie Kagawa)

It was heartfelt, it was heartbreaking. It was extreme joy, it was bone-crushing grief. It was fiery hot, it was icy-cold. It was true love sprouting ... it was true ... (S.C. Stephens)

There needs to be bolder thinking, ... on how to measure the quality of life of men and women in the work force. Currently, success is measured by material advancements. ... (Betty Friedan)

Fear brings out the basest instincts," writes British political scientist Sue Goss, "and narrows our sense of belonging to self-preservation."16 ... (Diana Butler Bass)

I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended ... (Yakubu Gowon)

Never does our good God leave us save to hold us better; never does He let go of us save to keep us better; never does He wrestle with us ... (Francis de Sales)

The law of chastity is not a negative proposition, but a positive one because in its observance there are spiritual values that far outweigh the physical dangers that we often ... (Antoine R. Ivins)

Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal. ... (Karl Albrecht)

How beautiful you must be to have been able to lead me this far with only the sound of your going away ... (W.S. Merwin)

So if you love me, let me go. And run away before I know. My heart is just too dark to care. I can't destroy what isn't there. Deliver me ... (Slipknot)

I want history to jump on Canada's spine with sharp skates. ... (Leonard Cohen)

Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success. A poor team structure can increase development time, ... (Steve McConnell)

There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through ... (Mary Kay Ash)

There is a core value I wanted to illuminate: No matter what kind of family you have - straight, gay, married, single parent, separated, no kids, two kids, 20 kids, ... (Lisa Cholodenko)

It was lovely wine, soft and full of flowers. ... (Anne Rivers Siddons)

"Where should I apply Perfume?" a young lady asked. "Where you want to be kissed." ... (Coco Chanel)

All the world and more has rushed eternity's length to reach this beat of your heart, screaming down the years. And if you let it, the universe, without drawing breath, ... (Mark Lawrence)

It is for ordinary minds, not for psychoanalysts, that our rules of evidence are framed. They have their source very often in considerations of administrative convenience, or practical expediency, and ... (Benjamin Cardozo)

The mind carries you with it, away from what you are supposed to do, toward things that cannot be explained rationally, toward difficulty, lack of clarity, late-afternoon light. ... (Donald Barthelme)

We're sprinting at the speed of light when the ground gives way and we rise into the air as if racing up stairs. ... (Jandy Nelson)

Love and passion are well and good while they last, but in the end what mattes is whether you like the person you are with. Friendship and companionship matter more. ... (Arlene J. Chai)