FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art, literature. We have been given a miraculous faculty: Despite the differences of language, customs and ... (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)

Food is one of life's really great pleasures. My 20th birthday party was all about booze, my 30th birthday was about drugs, and now I realise that my 40s are ... (Alex James)

We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions. ... (Jerry Brown)

Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene. ... (Jesse Spencer)

- Then, said Cranly, you do not intend to become a protestant? - I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but not that I had lost self-respect. ... (James Joyce)

I want to reassure fans that I am 100% involved and will continue working on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain; I'm determined to make it the greatest game ... (Hideo Kojima)

Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on his shoulders. On the two first nights of Passover, Elijah ... (Sholom Aleichem)

It's all about respect; he's looking for respect from his buddies. In the last one he just wanted to hang out, to be part of the group, but this time ... (John Leguizamo)

Tilting his head back he slowly released an enormous quantity of smoke from his mouth and drew it up through his nostrils. He continued to smoke in this "French-inhale" style. ... (J.D. Salinger)

My rage was the only thing keeping me awake, I was feeding off it in that righteous way you can if you never mention out loud the wrong you are ... (Zadie Smith)

We're not cognitively equipped to deal with it. And it's becoming a problem, frankly. It's part of the reason why I quit Facebook. We all hear these things and read ... (Ron Currie Jr.)

I used to hate being different. I used to cry. I wanted to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed like all of my girlfriends. My mom and dad would feel so badly ... (Kiana Tom)

Let us constantly bear in mind the rules and principles of Christian warfare; namely, that we conquer by yielding, we receive by giving, we overcome by being defeated, and we ... (George Warnock)

I got 'The Grey' made because Liam Neeson wanted to make that movie. ... (Joe Carnahan)

One can only display complex information in the mind. Like seeing, movement or flow or alteration of view is more important than the static picture, no matter how lovely. ... (Alan Perlis)

I think the only reason I never lost my mind is that I knew I was innocent. That wasn't a happy thought, so the dementors couldn't suck it out of ... (J.K. Rowling)

Has been no one else since you. No one." His mouth was hot on my skin, devouring me. "You're all I think about, all I want. You are everything. ... (Penny Reid)

Larry sat with his arm stretched out along the top of the front seat. His shirt cuff was pulled back by his position and displayed his slim, strong wrist and ... (W. Somerset Maugham)

YOU WEREN'T born choking on no silver spoon, you know how it goes when you go looking for a job and you need one: You wait in the first indifferent ... (Daniel Woodrell)

It was her. No one had eyes like that. Eyes as pure as the sky on a fresh, wintery morning. Ones that sucked him in and refused to let go. ... (Justine Dell)

CeNation. In Austin, TX, preparing to perfrom for members of our military. In that vein, I would like to let the Rough Riders Platoon know that even though they are ... (John Cena)

The Master said, Guide the people by law, aline them by punishment; they may shun crime, but they will want shame. Guide them by mind, aline them by courtesy; they ... (Confucius)

My motto is to go wild on the accessories - the belts, the hair clips, the jewelery. ... (Heidi Klum)

Outside Styx's apartment was not the first time Rochester and I had met, or would it be the last. We first encountered each other at Haworth House in Yorkshire when ... (Jasper Fforde)

I don't want to stockpile tuna fish and bullets. That's not the world I want to live in. ... (Richard Martin)

In love we listen. We listen to what others say. We listen to what our own being is telling us about the nature of existence. ... (Frederick Lenz)

Although finding fruit flies in your wine or beer can be a bit annoying, I hope people will pause to admire the tenacity of these clever little creatures. They are ... (Michael Dickinson)

I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others. ... (Ray Davies)

The secret of healthy hitchhiking is to eat junk food. ... (Douglas Adams)

Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer. ... (Al Pacino)