FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The stuff of nightmare is their plain bread. They butter it with pain. They set their clocks by deathwatch beetles, and thrive the centuries. They were the men with the ... (Ray Bradbury)

In his history of solitude, Anthony Storr writes about the importance of being able to feel at peace in one's own company. But many find that, trained by the Net, ... (Sherry Turkle)

There's a Chinese proverb that says "Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you & embracing those that strengthen you" Your mind is like a Ferrari (Or your favorite car) ... (Pablo)

Fuck you. You think this is a scene in some indie drama you take my wife to in the Village, some pack of lies the guy at the Times said ... (Andrew Pyper)

I believe the experiences reported in this book are reproducible by anyone who wishes to try. I went to Africa. You can go to Africa. You may have trouble arranging ... (Michael Crichton)

My religion was but a fragrance. ... (Pier Paolo Pasolini)

Develop a clear vision for your organization. Where do you want to be in five years? ... (Brian Tracy)

Is there something I can do?" "About what?" she snapped. "About your problem," he persisted. "Does anybody's ass need kicking? I can take care of that for you. I kick ... (Shannon McKenna)

The poor, no less than the rich, stay tuned in to the Dream Machine in bad times as well as good ... By 1995, millions of the poor were left ... (Charles Derber)

I'm sorry I cried all over you," I said. "That's what I'm here for. I'm your personal tissue. Among other, more fun things, but I'm multipurpose." "I like those fun ... (Jennifer L. Armentrout)

...Andrew Feldman put £2,000 behind the bar, and [David] Cameron told a joke about a farmer inviting a new neighbour to come to his house for a party where there ... (Tim Shipman)

When you're living through them, events are nothing more than stuff that happens. You're not thinking about significance. Significance only comes when you look back at your life. ... (James Howe)

The adolescent must never be treated as a child, for that is a stage of life that he has surpassed. It is better to treat an adolescent as if he ... (Maria Montessori)

When we both experienced the love that consumes, we shared in the Absolute. The Absolute shows each of us who we really are; it is an enormous web of cause ... (Paulo Coelho)

Mary is a woman who loves. How could it be otherwise? As a believer who in faith thinks with God's thoughts and wills with God's will, she cannot fail to ... (Pope Benedict XVI)

I have this disease that if I feel good somewhere, I ... buy a house. ... (Christian Louboutin)

I just blow-dry my hair and put on mascara and lip gloss, and I'm ready to go. I really don't get long nails. They're so Edward Scissorhands. ... (Kelly Clarkson)

A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent. ... (Stuart Woods)

Joy might be God- in the marrow of our bones. ... (Eugenia Price)

It is not loving to impose our own grid onto others. We need to understand their situation and their needs accurately, and this comes from listening to them, not coming ... (Matt Perman)

It matters to ourselves, of course, but it matters terribly to other people. Moral failure or spiritual failure or whatever you call it, makes such a vicious circle ... It ... (Dorothy Whipple)

Mr. Gunt, Mr. Neal here is a street survivor. We at the airline are honoring the homeless this year, and it was our airline's privilege and delight to offer him ... (Douglas Coupland)

For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is akin to asking one to recall ... (Thomas Steinbeck)

The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and more especially to ... (Thomas Jefferson)

Those who do not love life do not deserve it. ... (Giacomo Casanova)

Linus closes his eyes and puts his arms out at his sides. "Look to this day. For it is life. The very life of life." I stand beside him. Quiet. ... (Dana Reinhardt)

Arabic science throughout its golden age was inextricably linked to religion; indeed, it was driven by the need of early scholars to interpret the Qur'an. ... (Jim Al-Khalili)

Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter then ever. ... (Ernest Hemingway,)

Artists often enslave their friends. ... (Wladimir Kaminer)

The thought then loses its power over you and quickly subsides, because you are no longer energizing the mind through identification with it. This ... (Eckhart Tolle)