FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Is civilization progress? The challenge, I think, is clear; and, as clearly, the final answer will be given not by our amassing of knowledge, or by the discoveries of our ... (Charles Lindbergh)

Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers drop their sweet leaves on the ground around ... (Saint John Chrysostom)

I am a city of sounds. I will keep you safe. I know I am supposed to feel ugly. They all tell me that no woman should look so well-traveled, ... (Caitlyn Siehl)

If you're looking for good Mexican food in Vegas, you go to the Arts District. Jonesing for stupidly overpriced jeans or a rhine- stone T-shirt? The Fashion Show Mall has ... (Daniel Younger)

On the one hand we want to preserve the integrity of the judicial branch, and we want to talk about judicial independence, and how damaging and dangerous it is when ... (Dahlia Lithwick)

I had just dropped out of medicine in my first year of residency, a few months shy of becoming a licensed M.D. I'd discovered there was something serious, mainly a ... (Barbara Kingsolver)

This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done. ... (Jackie Robinson)

To want your child to remain innocent whilst toughening up enough to survive This Life is entirely contradictory, but, as far as I can tell, an almost-universal parental desire. It ... (Nick Alexander)

There's nothing better than working up a good sweat. ... (Jennie Finch)

The thing that's hard about it - the thing that makes it so hard when the person you love has been taken from you, not by something evil you could ... (Dexter Palmer)

Wasting what little breath he did have laughing at himself. Because sometimes, that's all you could do. You make a fucking stupid mistake, and you could only call yourself an ... (Kelley Armstrong)

Without grievability, there is no life, or, rather, there is something living that is other than life. Instead, "there is a life that will never have been lived," sustained by ... (Judith Butler)

According to the 2003 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 25.8 percent of [New Orleans] population lives below the poverty line ... This is more than twice the national average, ... (Billy Sothern)

Don't Shoot is a work of moral philosophy that reads like a crime novel - Immanuel Kant meets Joseph Wambaugh. It's a fascinating, inspiring, and wonderfully well written story of ... (John Seabrook)

Abbey was born to sophistication, whereas I was more Barbara than Buckingham Palace Windsor. ... (Samantha Tonge)

One who hopes inordinately, impairs his deeds. ... (Ahmed Hassan)

Take the perspective of a journalist or scientist. Really study what's around you. What are people wearing, what do the interiors of buildings look like, what noises do you hear? ... (Gretchen Rubin)

Mrs. Bittarcy rustled ominously, holding her peace meanwhile. She feared long words she did not understand. Beelzebub lay hid among too many syllables. ("The Man Whom The Trees Loved") ... (Algernon Blackwood)

Sister?" Jessie Kay scowled. "Do I really look like his sister? I clearly come from grade-A stock while his ancestors made a few poor choices along the way. ... (Gena Showalter)

So the Bawdy Bluestocking was the proprietress of her own shop, selling lurid novels to ladies in the front and more esoteric fare in the back, from the looks of ... (Evelyn Pryce)

I wish we had someone to tell us what all those places are," said Digory. "I don't suppose they're anywhere yet," said Polly. "I mean, there's no one there, and ... (C.S. Lewis)

I would die to record in space. That would be the coolest. If I got the option of, going into outer space and hanging out there for a day, and ... (Ariel Pink)

When I was bullied, I could go home and it would stop. Now, you can go home and get a text, or you can put up a YouTube video and ... (Lee Hirsch)

Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point of view. Sunday dinner isn't sunny. Easter feasts ... (Shel Silverstein)

Laugh longer, smile wider, and Love endlessly. ... (Derrick L. Randall)

The greatest human achievement is love. ... (Leo Tolstoy)

I had dug myself into Hell by not having the bravery to admit my cowardice. I resolved not to get into a similar situation again. ... (Mark Lawrence)

Every company can choose whether to lead or follow the emerging digital trends. ... (Bill Gates)

Past memories strobed before him, flashes of joy blackened by the present. Reality teased, then beckoned, home likewise. Confusion dimmed, the answer clear. This could end. Would end. In one ... (Marcha A. Fox)

Persistence and love of one's work is the key. ... (Paul Russo)