FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally. ... (Dalai Lama)

Progress in manufacturing is measured by the production of high quality goods. The unit of progress for Lean Startups is validated learning-a rigorous method for demonstrating progress when one is ... (Eric Ries)

The Don looked around his cell, including the naked 30 year-old woman sprawled in his bed and steaming bowl of Mussels Marinara sitting in front of him. He was always ... (Phil Wohl)

Gathering her courage, she swallowed past the lump in her throat and held his gaze. It wasn't how she'd envisioned telling him, but she couldn't let him go without saying ... (Kaylea Cross)

Once Errol righted himself into some semblance of horsemanship, they set off at an easy canter. That is, the other horses set off at a canter, while Errol's horse settled ... (Patrick W. Carr)

Ive learnt the most about myself through the people and places i no longer visit, such an ironic exprience. The greatest lessons are from those we give the keys of ... (Nikki Rowe)

When the soul opens its shell, it liberates the fundamental center that is the spirit. And once born, the spirit spreads its wings and flies with all the freedom of ... (Alex Polari de Alverga)

At the same time, we may not as a culture be fond of old-fashioned supernaturalism, but we certainly like spirituality in whatever form we can get it. I suspect that ... (N. T. Wright)

I WILL NOT TRUST IN RICHES Wealth has some pretty powerful side effects. If wealth were an over-the-counter medicine, there would be bold warnings printed on the packaging. Warning: May ... (Andy Stanley)

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of ... (Michelle Obama)

From the edge of the forest where the mountains begin, a pack of sleeping wolves, huddled together in the cold, were woken. Travelling on the crystal air was a sound ... (Sebastian Gregory)

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of ... (Albert Einstein)

Courtesy should be apparent in all our actions and words and in all aspects of daily life. But be courtesy, I do not mean rigid, cold formality. Courtesy in the ... (Mas Oyama)

It's sad that the U.S. government doesn't fund risky research anymore. ... (Peter Diamandis)

Nerves are natural, it means you're ready to face a challenge and perform. ... (Dan Carter)

You can't imagine fame. You can only ever see it from an outsider and comment on it with the rueful wisdom of a non participant. When it happens to you, ... (Benedict Cumberbatch)

And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, helpless in my current state, completely dependent on her? ... (Mohsin Hamid)

Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it, ... (Pope Francis)

To stand still is to fall behind. ... (Mark Twain)

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it. ... (Samuel Goldwyn)

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners ... (Meg Rosoff)

Are you okay with what we ordered?" Angeline asked him. "You didn't pipe up with any requests." Neil shook his head, face stoic. He kept his dark hair in a ... (Richelle Mead)

The Dopey Science Creed: 1. I maintain that my life has no purpose and no meaning. The same is true for the entire universe. There is no purpose to anything. ... (Alex Tsakiris)

[Soho] is all things to all men, catering comprehensively for those needs which money can buy. You see it as you wish. An agreeable place to dine; a cosmopolitan village ... (P.D. James)

Fate has a way of putting in front of us, that wich we most try to leave behind. ... (Mozzie white collar)

He was not such a special person. He loved to read very much, and also to write. He was a poet, and he exhibited me many of his poems. I ... (Jonathan Safran Foer)

We accept every person in the world as that for which he gives himself out, only he must give himself out for something. We can put up with the unpleasant ... (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

I was born a human but this was an accident of fate ... since childhood I've been captivated by the study of robots and cyborgs. Now I'm in a position ... (Kevin Warwick)

It has no denim-toned house paint. Levi makes what is essentially a commodity: blue jeans. Its ads may evoke rugged outdoorsmanship, but Levi hasn't promoted any particular life style to ... (Naomi Klein)

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put ... (Holly Near)