FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Rock stars generally don't last in the Senate, starting with John Kennedy. Too much work, too slow, too little juice. Getting something accomplished takes a remarkable amount of tedious work. ... (Susan Estrich)

I believe our education system as a whole has not integrated the histories of all people into our education system, just the Eurocentric view of itself, and the White-centered view ... (Ronald Takaki)

I wish I'd played my whole career in flag football. ... (Archie Manning)

When you're dying, the unicorn up in heaven gets a note from an angel telling her there's a person who's going to need a ride up soon. The unicorn finds ... (Cathy Lamb)

I know not where we go from here. I do not think this is the end, but a new beginning, a new chapter in our tale. Told by minstrels who ... (Guy T. Simpson Jr.)

We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much? ... (Jodi Picoult)

[The cats] scamper in front of my legs, causing me to fall and face plant into whatever furniture is closest. They especially like to play this game when I'm carrying ... (Wes Locher)

Some commentators have drawn such a stark and gloomy picture of the Weimar Republic's early difficulties that the Republic seems foredoomed to failure from the outset ... The conditions in ... (Mary Fulbrook)

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. ... (Marcus Aurelius)

I disagree. You want to bring back someone that you've lost. You might want money. Maybe you want women. Or, you might want to protect the world. These are all ... (Hiromu Arakawa)

Movember is an event that I've supported for a number of years. I haven't grown a moustache myself before, but I've always donated to others. I think that raising awareness ... (James Magnussen)

As Rilke observed, love requires a progressive shortening of the senses: I can see you for miles; I can hear you for blocks, I can smell you, maybe, for a ... (William H Gass)

The thing to keep in mind is that we're still in the very early days when it comes to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Saying there's a silence is a ... (Seth Shostak)

She was the type of woman who caused men to do stupid shit they would later look back on with disbelief. ... (Scott Hildreth)

When we acknowledge how, just by living and listening, we have all acquired deep musical knowledge, we must also recognise that music is not the special purview of professionals. Rather, ... (Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis)

At the sensory level I am the divine receiving station...a two-legged, trembling-tissue, Jodrell Bank radar telescope, dancing, grumbling, sniffling Geiger counter" "But there's an added feature. Each generation, I...return. Each ... (Timothy Leary)

If you only know your own side of a case, then your belief is likely to be inadequate. You need to be able to refute counter-arguments to your position otherwise ... (Nigel Warburton)

Why would you want to keep the bluebird houses mounted in a place that you now know is unsafe for them? Bluebirds are not ornaments for pictures, they are living ... (Kathy Griffin)

Like every normal person, I hate my voice. And I am not the only one who hates my voice. The voiceover gets a lot of strong reactions. A lot of ... (Signe Baumane)

It's like an emotional dance party: Some dances will be your favorites others more awkward or difficult to learn. Some will be boring or make you mad. some you will ... (SARK)

If you have never missed when investing, you haven't been in there trying. ... (Venita VanCaspel)

Why do you think I am like this?" It didn't really sound like a question; there was no regret, or sorrow, or genuine tinge of curiosity. I didn't think he ... (Jean Casella)

Well, let me just say - I mean, I'm not a person who's going to vote for any of the potential Republican nominees for the presidency of the United States. ... (Gloria Allred)

He dusted off the shoulder tab and stared at it, so light in his hand, so inconsequential. It was hard to believe that a shred of cloth could have so ... (Mark Mills)

Growth has failed on its own terms. You can't have infinite growth in a world of finite resources. ... (Andrew Simms)

If you want to travel fast, travel alone; if you want to travel far, travel together. ... (Lois J. Zachary)

Look, I've been doing this a long time. If I'm honest with you, then yes. The Families could have done both. The car thing is absolutely their style, like you ... (Nathan Burgoine)

The bronze dwarfs give you the first clue that Wroclaw is no ordinary city. They lurk all over the place, carousing outside pubs, snoring at the doors of hotels, peeking ... (David Hewson)

Good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your toolbox with the right instruments. ... (Stephen King)

Now that I'm 60, every morning I look in the mirror and say, "I don't know who you are, stranger, but I'm gonna shave you anyway". ... (Milton Friedman)