FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Finally, I found what seemed at the time to be a lid of some sort. Presuming it was a toilet seat (but not really caring one way or the other) ... (Dave Mustaine)

Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and British strains. For Canada is enriched by the ... (Harry S. Truman)

I was literally told for 'The Show Goes On' that I shouldn't rap too deep. I shouldn't be too lyrical. It just needs to be something easy on the eyes. ... (Lupe Fiasco)

Should it happen, that your partner leaves you for someone else with more money. To where later you strike it richer than the person they left you for, and the ... (Anthony Liccione)

Live every moment in the present. Do it. Risk it. Buy it if you love it. Loving well takes practice, delicious practice. If it feels good, it must be good. ... (Gael Greene)

I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are ... (Frederick Douglass)

For one, dazzling, infinite moment, August felt like he was standing on a precipice, the end of one world and the beginning of another, a whisper and a bang. ... (Victoria Schwab)

What time is it?" "Time?" "Time." "Oh," She said. "A quarter to four. Mr. Markham, something terrible has happened." She didn't have to tell me that. Something perfectly dreadful had ... (Lawrence Block)

Leave it to a dude to roll in with your technique, but use a jackhammer instead of jeweler's screwdrivers. ... (Roberto Hogue)

I solemnly vow that I will safeguard and hold dear and deep in my heart our union and you, I promise to love you faithfully, forsaking all others, through the ... (E.L. James)

Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise. ... (Yotam Ottolenghi)

I hadn't seen any novel make the statement that entering the workforce was like entering the grave. That from then on, nothing happens and you have to pretend to be ... (Michel Houellebecq)

My favourite thing about touring is really the shows, because early on you can say it's definitely things like travel and seeing the world and stuff like that, but over ... (Gerard Way)

Well, it is all over now. The battle is lost, and many of us are prisoners, many are dead, many wounded, bleeding and dying. Your Soldier lives and mourns and ... (George Pickett)

God promises that no matter how dismal the picture, He will take our problem and turn it into an opportunity for our growth. ... (Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson)

Watch out for love (unless it is true, and every part of you says yes including the toes), it will wrap you up like a mummy, and your scream won't ... (Anne Sexton)

You're following me," I finally say. "Why?" "Because I'm trying to reclaim what's mine." "I'm not yours." "You are.You always have been.You always will be." "That's crap." "Is it? Look ... (Carrie Jones)

I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don't really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they're dependent on the music. ... (Michael Gira)

You don't get that many people in your life that you can just tell anything to. ... (Lauren Conrad)

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. ... (William Ernest Hocking)

Same difference," he said. "The South lost and the North won. Abraham Lincoln came and gave the Emancipation Proclamation." "The Gettysburg Address," Mrs. Anderson said. "The Emancipation Proclamation was delivered ... (J.M. Darhower)

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence. ... (Byron White)

The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the ... (John Ridley)

Oh, if only you knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is when I call you man. ... (Swami Vivekananda)

He wondered, as her blades crackled in the too quiet room, and waves of electricity spiraled around them, if he'd made a mistake. He hadn't seen her in years, but ... (Sasha Alsberg)

In battle though his hands grow clever, and you'd think him whole, until the din fades, the dying fall, and Maical wanders the fields weeping. ... (Mark Lawrence)

I grew up in a mobile home, but it wasn't like white trash - it was a beautiful mobile home park, I had a loving mother, there were kids everywhere, ... (Taryn Manning)

It's still so rare for anyone to be personally acknowledged by a brand that the impact of such a simple, polite gesture on a customer's buying habits could be huge. ... (Gary Vaynerchuk)

If his men could have seen his young face under his faceplate, or if they could have heard the silent curses rolling off his tongue, they would have realized to ... (Kaoru Kurimoto)

I've tried to make 'Strictly Ballroom' impossible to date. It does feel a bit '80s but I consciously made sure there was no technology in the movie that could date ... (Baz Luhrmann)