FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

If you want to achieve your goals, help others achieve theirs. ... (Zig Ziglar)

God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we all wear. And when at ... (Sylvia Plath)

The girl who had known the weather and never been burnt by fireflies, the girl who had known what dandelions meant rubbed off on your chin. Then, she would be ... (Ray Bradbury)

Houston people are way cool. They're smart, they know how to have a good time, and they have the hottest chicks on the planet there. ... (Joe Rogan)

Girlfriends and boyfriends come and go. The good times had with them are easily forgotten. But best friends stay in your heart forever. ... (Jennifer Jabaley)

I think being a mum gives you extra qualities. I'm more feisty, fiercely protective and less selfish. The main trait I want to instill in my kids is kindness. I ... (Rebecca Ferguson)

The raven of Edgar Allan Poe has a halo that he extinguishes from time to time ("Spanish Generosity") ... (Max Jacob)

Don't stop. Keep right on going. Hitch up your trailer and go to Canada or down to Old Mexico. Head for Europe if you can afford it, or go to ... (Wally Byam)

When at last a cab arrived and pulled up directly in front of me, I was astonished to discover that seventeen grown men and women believed they had a perfect ... (Bill Bryson)

This is what I have. The dull hangover of waiting, the blush of my heart on the damp grass, the flower-faced moon. A gull broods on the shore where a ... (Mary Oliver)

Until we call attention to the moments of our lives, we miss our lives. ... (Ann Voskamp)

My good friends David and Avi sent me a text greeting from their gym in NYC at 8 a.m. this morning. Isn't that a fine how do you do! ... (Dean Haglund)

It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely perverse or actually evil far more invigorating to see it as essential for honing the mind, and as ... (Jill Tweedie)

I think President Obama, like myself, is a multitasker. ... (Benigno Aquino III)

Be content with what you have Be satisfied with your dwelling place to accommodate your enterprise, Restrain your tongue, And shed tears of regret regarding past sins you committed knowingly, ... (Abdullah, Son of Masud)

Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace. ... (Scipio Africanus)

Treat everyone you meet as if they were you. ... (Doug Dillon)

If, like me, you suffer from lack of self-confidence you'll know that the term is made up of two conflicting words, and that confidence isn't easily found in the self. ... (Fennel Hudson)

Every encounter you have is a Divine encounter ordained by God. ... (Jonah Books)

I think work is the world's greatest fun. ... (Thomas A. Edison)

Closeness to people may look like scary, mind-boggling business, but it doesn't have to be that scary. And it's not that difficult. It even feels good, when we relax and ... (Melody Beattie)

Change, even if unwelcome, forces us to reevaluate what our best options are. Those times of transitions are great opportunities to look for recurring patterns in your life and make ... (Dan Miller)

Even Proust - there's a famous passage where Odette opens the door with a cold, she's sulky, her hair is loose and undone, her skin is patchy, and Swann, who ... (Donna Tartt)

Just because it's a world of thieves out there don't mean there ain't no rules to it. ... (James Carlos Blake)

The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth. ... (Mignon McLaughlin)

Ryan Giggs will go down as the most successful British footballer of all time and I cannot see anyone ever overtaking him. He's on the brink of his 13th league ... (Gary Neville)

Finding meaning in life is not about looking for a specific goal. That is a fruitless path. It is about seeking a life path that is the right one for ... (Hunter S. Thompson)

As laughter is one way of appraising the serious, so the comic must be taken seriously if it is to be rated at its true value. No one understands a ... (James Walsh)

Life is like an EKG. Without the ups and downs, you're not living. ... (Debra Evans)

Im not one for showing off. But I guess my guitar-playing sticks out. ... (Bert Jansch)