FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

...Nature becomes your teacher, and from her you will learn what is beautiful and who you are and what is your special quest in life and whither you should go...You ... (Stephen Graham)

ONE OF THE first things the Nazis did was to distribute 100,000 free radio sets to the Austrian Christians. Where did they get these radios? From us, of course. Right ... (Edith Hahn Beer)

The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social ... (Lawrence G. Lovasik)

Simon told me I should take you home and start making kits. What do you think?" Max looked down at her, love and lust glowing equally in his brilliant smile. ... (Dana Marie Bell)

We called them the Nine-to-Fivers. They lived in accordance with nature, waking and sleeping with the cycle of the sun. Mealtimes, business hours, the world conformed to their schedule. The ... (Stephanie Danler)

Because a promise is a promise, Officer Cavatone, and civilization is just a bunch of promises, that's all it is. A mortgage, a wedding vow, a promise to obey the ... (Ben H. Winters)

My son, be rich and live your own life! Tell yourself that you're the incarnation of an ancient aristocracy. Model yourself on the feudal barons. You're a warrior ... (Colette)

Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over. ... (Michael Douglas)

I hate desks; they make me feel like a child doing homework. ... (Emma Donoghue)

I guess what I'm passionate about is, I see so many things that I find that there's no real solution to, and you're only here for such a brief moment ... (Annie Lennox)

We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency back where it belonged, getting ... (Steve Garvey)

People underestimate me, maybe because of my look, maybe because of my speech, and I love that. I love to give the impression that I'm an easy victim. I ain't ... (Edgerrin James)

Zec back toward the living room. The kettle's whistle died away, like an air raid siren winding down. The house went quiet again. "It's over," Reacher said. "You lost." "It's ... (Lee Child)

[Credit is a system whereby] a person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay. ... (Charles Dickens)

In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses. ... (Joni Ernst)

She banged her knuckles until they ached to get the attention of the living flesh behind the glass, and would have smashed her fist through the window just to touch ... (Toni Morrison)

You kissed me, and I opened my eyes and thought you were Death. You were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, and I clung to the memory of ... (Charlotte Featherstone)

Koch companies employ 60,000 Americans, who make many thousands of products that Americans want and need. ... (Charles Koch)

If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist ... (Ronald Reagan)

Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound & query signifying nothing ... (William Shakespeare)

I squirmed in his hold, but it didn't take me long to give up. His grip was too strong. My arms laced around his neck and I glared up at ... (Rachael Wade)

She had pronounced the words "New Books" with caution and regret, articulating them reluctantly, as if they were vulgar, even obscene words. As I listened to her, I realised that ... (Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt)

... He was a bad courtier and painted an ambiguous picture entitled La Menzogna or Falsehood, to show what he felt about the need for dissimulation to achieve success; a ... (Jonathan Scott)

There are all kinds of ways and reasons that mothers can and should be praised. But for cultivating a sense of invisibility, martyrdom and tirelessly working unnoticed and unsung? Those ... (Shonda Rhimes)

Forever and An Instant met up one day, Had a short, but lovely talk, then each went on it's way. ... (Bo Burnham)

It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on ... (Cass McCombs)

There is a gay agenda?" he asked. "Naturally. Although marriage is the second item. Draw two." "So what's the first?" Jackson asked, grinning. He seemed to be the only person ... (Marie Sexton)

You are in the grip of a desire for martyrdom and self-sacrifice; conquer this desire as well, set aside your pages and your intention and then you will overcome everything. ... (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today. Like the Israelites, it means you are spending your time looking back toward Egypt or ... (Priscilla Shirer)

It was presumptuous for one man to forgive another. That was the duty of God. For men to pretend such mercy was an idle pride and a lack of respect. ... (Mario Puzo)