FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

I spend every day showing people the power of history. But history only has the power you give it. ... (Brad Meltzer)

If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails to too small a ship, too ... (Plato)

I think if a woman is feeling aggressive, she should be aggressive and not hold back. ... (Jhene Aiko)

Probably my first memory of theatre, the first one I guess that had an impact on me was when I saw my very first panto with my Primary School. I ... (Colin Morgan)

I did not have any role model. I could not learn anything from the female voice that male poets used, a voice which is more "feminine" than female. Nor could ... (Kim Hyesoon)

Let it go the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise let it go it was sworn to go let them go the truthful liars and ... (E. E. Cummings)

You know, darling, if caffeine ever makes it to the illegals list, you're going to have to register as an addict." "They try to make coffee an illegal, I'll kill ... (J.D. Robb)

This is in the natural order of things the time of life we've now entered. The afternoon, as Jung called it. Thoroughly unprepared we take the step into the afternoon ... (Dani Shapiro)

Are you still wearing those flimsy white panties?" "Yes," Story breathed. "Good. I need you to reach inside and pet your clit for me. Gently, like I do it. ... (Tessa Bailey)

I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates ... (Martin Luther)

My father was a painter, so I was encouraged to take a sketchbook everywhere. Cameras are perishable, but I still have tonnes of sketchbooks from all the trips I've ever ... (Jane Birkin)

Fpr ome aftermppm a week leading up to the formal, the entire senior school body would pile into our massive gymnasium and learn dances that we would NEVER DANCE AGAIN, ... (David Burton)

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)

Growing up in my family meant ambushes on your birthday, crossbows for Christmas, and games of dodge ball where the balls were occasionally rigged to explode. It also meant learning ... (Seanan McGuire)

You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances. ... (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)

Why is it illegal to park in a handicapped parking space but okay to go the bathroom in a handicapped stall? ... (Jerry Seinfeld)

If I asked you to do something for me, I don't suppose you'd listen?" When he had my attention, he continued, "I'm going to take you home. Try to forget ... (Becca Fitzpatrick)

[The truth] is what actually happens. Not what you want to happen. Not what you're afraid will happen. We make up stories when we want things to happen or are ... (Lillian Smith)

When people start talking about enjambment and line endings, I always shut them up. This is not something to talk about, this is a private matter, it's up to the ... (James Tate)

The culture that's going to survive in the future is the culture that you can carry around in your head. ... (Nam June Paik)

Now the red eyes and the light above seemed to bore into Charles, and again the pupils fo the little boy's eyes contracted. When the final point of black was ... (Madeleine L'Engle)

There are certain moments that you have to hit in a film, like when a character cries. ... (Kiefer Sutherland)

Books that Uncle bought in Odessa or acquired in Heidelberg, books that he discovered in Lausanne or found in Berlin or Warsaw, books he ordered from America and books the ... (Amos Oz)

I think there'd be huge losses if there weren't newspapers. I know everything's shifting to the Internet and some people would say, 'News is news, what you're talking about is ... (Michael Connelly)

Hard to love thy enemies before dismantle their weaponry. ... (Toba Beta)

Some anti-Americanism derives simply from our being a colossus that bestrides the earth. But much anti-Americanism derives from the role U.S. political, economic and military power has played in denying ... (Samantha Power)

The town has a sense, not of history, but of time, and the telephone poles seem to know this. If you lay your hand against one, you can feel the ... (Stephen King)

I've learned from life experiences. If you go through certain things, you're able to pull from them. ... (Monica Potter)

For film and TV, try to have a more conversational tone. For stage, you'll need better diction and bigger vocal production. ... (Jason Fuchs)

I always felt mean, jogging back over the logging road,As if I had broken the natural order of things in that swampland;Disturbed some rhythm, old and of vast importance,By pulling ... (Theodore Roethke)