FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Don't look so worried. I've sailed the seven seas, and I've never had an unsuccessful adventure yet!" "Really? You've sailed all seven seas?" asked Darwin admiringly. "Every last one!" "What ... (Gideon Defoe)

Like what? The things Literature was all about: love, sex, morality, friendship, happiness, suffering, betrayal, adultery, good and evil, heroes and villains, guilt and innocence, ambition, power, justice, revolution, war, ... (Julian Barnes)

She had realized something over the recent months: it didn't matter who you were or what you'd accomplished in life; none of that mattered when tragedy struck. You had no ... (Lindy Zart)

In every defeat, there develops a silent embryo of victory; in every failure, under the rubbles, there appears a divine key to success. ... (Mehmet Murat ildan)

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction. ... (Jennifer Granholm)

The present: It is interesting that the "NOW" is called "the present." The present is the ultimate gift; it is the gift of truth and life. You are given the ... (Michael Smith)

With the funeral to be arranged, and the club's business in disarray, and the building itself in dire need of restoration, Sebastian should have been far too busy to take ... (Lisa Kleypas)

That's lovely singing, Saraid," Eile said. "Is Sorry asleep now?" Saraid shook her head solemnly. "Sorry's sad. Crying." She held the doll against her shoulder, patting its back. "Oh. Why ... (Juliet Marillier)

Your future together? To get there, it means refusing all the other crap the universe hands you. It means telling the Wheel of Fate to suck it and roll over ... (Kami Garcia)

He always kept his shit together. He was the fucking foam on the latte that rose above all of it. He'd been there for them whenever they needed him, always. ... (Joey W. Hill)

The Only Person I'm Prejudice Against, is The Lazy One! ... (Latif Mercado)

Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred. ... (Sherman Alexie)

The world of extreme sports is also one of big business. Kids might think that snowboarding is the ultimate freedom, but this freedom is being marketed to them by commercial ... (Lucy Walker)

A blue-stocking is the scourge of her husband, children, friends, servants, and every one. [Fr., Une femme bel-esprit est le fleau de son mari, de ses enfants, de ses amis, ... (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

I'm very fond of you, Maggie; I shall never forget you," said Philip, "and when I'm very unhappy, I shall always think of you, and wish I had a sister ... (George Eliot)

To me the industry has always said that the lovers and haters and principal characters will always be white in Hollywood, and black people will always be appendages of those ... (Haile Gerima)

I am the passenger, I stay under glass. I look through my window so bright, I see the stars come out tonight. I see the bright and hollow sky, over ... (Iggy Pop)

Their creations eventually die of neglect, of malnourishment. And sometimes, when that happens the artist also dies. ... (Louise Penny)

Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty can. ... (Bernard Williams)

Psycholinguists argue about whether language reflects our perception of reality or helps create them. I am in the latter camp. Take the names we give the animals we eat. The ... (Hal Herzog)

Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost. ... (Teresa of Avila)

I know you can't. Because you're too kind. It's very simple. The attacker must first transform themselves into life forms that can survive in a low-dimensional universe. For instance, a ... (Liu Cixin)

One need not be eminent in any part of profound knowledge in order to understand it and to apply it. The various segments of the system of profound knowledge cannot ... (W. Edwards Deming)

The first Monday's cupcakes had been elderflower, two days later and three tiers in honey and walnut, the day after that and toffee apple, the next cake- coffee and walnut, ... (Anouska Knight)

Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs. ... (Faith Baldwin)

For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant ... (Diane Ackerman)

A mn ages hs enemy because he hates his own hate. He says to himself: I hate him not because he's my enemy, not because he hates me, but because ... (Elie Wiesel)

The question then was not what other countries were doing, but why. Why did these countries have this consensus around rigor? In the education superpowers, every child knew the importance ... (Amanda Ripley)

Your fuselage shouldn't open more easily than your pretzel bag. ... (Bill Maher)

Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive. ... (Larry Wall)