FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

I found myself speaking softly as if I were telling an old tale to a young child. And giving it a happy ending, when all know that tales never end, ... (Robin Hobb)

When someone tells you who they are, believe them." If a guy tells you, I have trouble trusting women, you don't assume he's just had bad experiences and you can ... (Claudia Gray)

The wrinkled pages of the Bible crackled as Mom leafed back to the beginning of Matthew. I had always felt I was conceived from the powers of the universe. Maybe ... (Diamond Mike Watson)

It was nineteen fifty seven, the Little Rock nine were escorted to school by Federal troops under the order of President Eisenhower to counteract the attempt of Arkansas Governor Faubus ... (Sara Niles)

A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words. ... (Maxine Kumin)

Anytime anyone is enslaved, or in any way deprived of his liberty, if that person is a human being, as far as I am concerned he is justified to resort ... (Malcolm X)

I love people that read. I think it screams humility. When someone reads, they are essentially admitting they want more, that the world is not enough for them. They want ... (Nicholas Browne)

Am I in love? Absolutely. I'm in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I'm a passionate lover. I fawn over these ... (James Dean)

I like to chew candles. ... (J.D. Salinger)

Diana Wynne Jones' excellent book 'The Tough Guide to Fantasyland' is a compendium of the sort of lazy writing that has given fantasy fiction - especially the sub-section that features ... (Jane Lindskold)

The world is a good judge of things, for it is in natural ignorance, which is man's true state. The sciences have two extremes which meet. The first is the ... (Blaise Pascal)

I used to go to church when I was younger. My parents didn't go to church, but my friends all went to church and I loved going to church - ... (Lisa Rinna)

Whatever exists is inevitably flawed. Buddha, in his detachment from the world, finds all its hustle and bustle ridiculous because he has nothing to do with it. A cynic finds ... (Fritz Zorn)

My success has been something I've worked a long time at and it's been a gradual process. I compare it to the idea of someone losing a lot of weight ... (Ray William Johnson)

Employee networks are extremely valuable to companies as a source of information. As Bill Gates wrote more than a decade ago, "The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from ... (Reid Hoffman)

But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel continue anti-terrorist operations in the ... (Paul Cellucci)

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world ... would do this, it ... (William Faulkner)

I'm tired of living my life like a bad movie. ... (Riley Mackenzie)

Cookery means the knowledge of Medea and of Circe and of Helen and of the Queen of Sheba. It means the knowledge of all herbs and fruits and balms and ... (John Ruskin)

This is my endlessly recurrent temptation: to go down to that Sea, and there neither dive nor swim nor float, but only dabble and splash, careful not to get out ... (C.S. Lewis)

She's your woman. Shield her heart and soul with your own." He turned to Grace. "He's your man, yours to support and keep strong when he's not able and when ... (Cat Porter)

I'm not the type to generalise about an entire generation. I think the most general thing I can say, is that things are way more dispersed, and way more de-centralised ... (Chris Baio)

No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians. ... (Alan Hovhaness)

Knowing is the same thing as the inner voice. ... (Echo Bodine)

Pawns are born free, yet they are everywhere in chains ... (Rick Kennedy)

Values describe what you want to do, and how you want to do it - how you want to behave toward your friends, your family, your neighbors, your body, your ... (Russ Harris)

I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball. ... (Harmony Korine)

Wait: His boyfriend? He was gay? The focus on the lens sharpened, and I could see it clearly now. Of course he was gay. Everyone could see that, except the ... (Sarah Hepola)

We are all great landed proprietors, if we only knew it. What we lack is not land, but the power to enjoy it. Moreover, this great inheritance has the additional ... (John Lubbock)

I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage ... (Win Butler)