FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Katherine Anne [Porter] treated them like favored nephews; she even cooked meals for them. Unfortunately, however, beneath Christopher's deference and flattery, there was a steadily growing aggression. By her implicit ... (Christopher Isherwood)

I felt bad for the girls in my school, who flocked to prom like it was the second coming of Christ, complete with double-rainbows and unicorns. ... (G.G. Silverman)

You young folks today think you invented the world," Aunt Will said. "Still, a dash of unlawful scrumping might work for you. A lot more folks have tried that recipe ... (Pamela Morsi)

When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing. ... (Sally Field)

Writers: read books. Read good books. Read bad books. Learn what does and does not work. ... (Kira Hawke)

Why do we need money beyond a point? If we are free of ill health, enmity, and debt, is that not enough? Too much money only leads to less peace. ... (Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya)

Knowing ourselves is knowing our worth in the eyes of God. That's why the number one thought we cannot fail to think and believe is that He loves us. Always. ... (Toni Sorenson)

The thing I've noticed about life is that it just keeps coming at you. And it can be a real bummer. What you need to remember is that you're not ... (Bill Condon)

Resolved: If you make a duck face in your profile picture, you are declaring yourself a shallow loser and I will ignore you. Moreover, if you have multiple pictures of ... (Morgan Deane)

When I was a schoolboy in England, the old bound volumes of Kipling in the library had gilt swastikas embossed on their covers. The symbol's 'hooks' were left-handed, as opposed ... (Christopher Hitchens)

The hero sees that the event is ancillary: it must follow him. ... (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

If you try in whatever ways you can to brighten someone's day, to be fair and respectful to everyone, and to grow your network without being "networky", you will be ... (Jessica Hische)

That's what's so great about the Internet. It allows pompous blow-hards to connect with other pompous blow-hards in a vast circle-jerk of pomposity. ... (Bill Maher)

In my bachelor days, the priority wasn't learning to cook. ... (Rob Lowe)

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I a tired of being treated like a child. My father says it's because I am a child I am twelve-and-a-half years old but it still isn't ... (Judith Martin)

Don't you think it's time we thought about the future? Whether our children are gonna be winners or losers ... (KRS-One)

My siblings and I were friends with the boys who would become our stepbrothers - we grew up on the same street. I feel very special to have these amazing ... (Florence Welch)

Valentine's Day was created by the greeting card industry to get pussy. ... (Anthony Jeselnik)

Today the Israeli government continues seizures of Palestinian land for settlements, military incursions into surrounding countries and denial of the right of Palestinians expelled by terror to return. Ariel Sharon, ... (Ken Livingstone)

Men are separated by so many petty things. ... (Aaron Huey)

This is the tragedy and woe of the hour that we neglect the most important One who could possibly be in our midst the Holy Spirit of God. Then, in ... (A.W. Tozer)

I am not that far away from becoming the No. 1 player in the world. I am only around 1,000 points away from achieving it. The key will be whether ... (Juan Carlos Ferrero)

One discovers answers to problems only when one feels that they are burning and that it is a a matter of life and death to solve them. Is nothing is ... (Erich Fromm)

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise. ... (Francis Bacon)

As you take a few minutes each day to quiet your mind, you will discover a nice benefit: your everyday, "ordinary" life will begin to seem far more extraordinary. Little ... (Jack Canfield)

And who wouldn't wish that? Certainly everyone here- dressed up as aliens, and wizards, and zombies, and superheroes- wants desperately to be inside a story, to be part of something ... (Sarvenaz Tash)

If Plan A Doesn't Work, Don't Worry and Don't Stay Stuck In The Mud. Just Move On Because God Knows There's 25 Letters Left In The Alphabet & There's Always ... (Timothy Pina)

I have cried even when the laugh did choke me. But no more think that I am all sorry when I cry, for the laugh he come just the same. ... (Bram Stoker)

I see the liberty of the individual not only as a great moral good in itself (or, with Lord Acton, as the highest political good), but also as the necessary ... (Murray Rothbard)

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. ... (John Muir)