FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing for its own ends all the powers of the proletariat, all of its institutions and ... (Clara Zetkin)

Learning is by nature curiosity ... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained. ... (Philo of Alexandria)

Westcliff sees an odd sort of logic in why you would finally be the one to win St. Vincent's heart. He says a girl like you would appeal to ... ... (Lisa Kleypas)

Ever afternoon, me and Baby Girl set in the. rocking chair before her nap. Ever afternoon, I tell her: You kind, you smart, you important. But she growing up and ... (Kathryn Stockett)

Confidence don't mean jack shit in the real world, sis," she once said. I feel myself finding the courage to trust those words more and more with every twist of ... (Dave Matthes)

We saw Uncle Jack every Christmas, and every Christmas he yelled across the street for Miss Maudie to come marry him. Miss Mauide would yell back, "Call a little louder, ... (Harper Lee)

When I look into your face, O Law, my spirit shudders. When I hear your thunders, my heart is melted like wax in the midst of my bowels. How can ... (Charles S. Johnson)

I'm about as Baptist as you get in Hollywood. ... (Morgan Fairchild)

My gift is execution; when I decide I'm going to do something, I'll stop at nothing to do it. Along the way, you take a lot of risks and go ... (Rob Dyrdek)

I would give the people of America to their first opportunity to elect a president who doesn't belong to either party since George Washington. ... (Jesse Ventura)

Some say their world's will end with fire, some say with ice. From what I've tasted with desire I hold with those who favor fire. My world may not be ... (Genesis)

Stoner said to Finch, I have no wish to retire before I have to, merely to accommodate a whim of Professor Lomax. ... (John Edward Williams)

Nothing says "I'm sexy" like appearing as if you've just blown the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. ... (Dana Marie Bell)

An aphrodisiac will disappear, delusional, like permanence or wealth - a shimmering, as if love were a ghost - and yet my passion for you seethes and sears without an ... (Lauren Lipton)

Katherine often teases me that I'm missing the need-a-boyfriend gene, but the truth is I just haven't met anyone who ... well, whom I'm attracted to, even though part of ... (E.L. James)

An education, then, is a constellation of practices, rituals, and routines that inculcates a particular vision of the good life by inscribing or infusing that vision into the heart (the ... (James K.A. Smith)

She hoped the menfolk were having a nice, relaxing road trip in that souped-up man car they were riding in because as soon as they got to the Roberts' house, ... (Julie James)

While an ethic of justice proceeds from the premise of equality - that everyone should be treated the same - an ethic of care rests on the premise of nonviolence ... (Carol Gilligan)

Fanaticism and bigotry require any food but common sense and reason, which would break the charm of those spellbound fanatics. ... (Anne Royall)

Although claiming my true identity as a child of God, I still live as though the God to whom I am returning demands an explanation. I still think about his ... (Henri J.M. Nouwen)

Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones. ... (Pope Francis)

I would say that it's an awfully overrated aspirin and very similar to the old people's Disneyland. ... (Don Van Vliet)

Often you don't know whether you're the hero of a romantic comedy or the villain on a Lifetime special until the restraining order arrives. ... (Tim Kreider)

When exactly did this downward cultural spiral begin, this loss of tact and refinement and understanding that some things should not be said or directly represented? When did we no ... (Theodore Dalrymple)

On every show I've been on, it's just managing all the different responsibilities and time management. 'The Walking Dead' is a really well-oiled machine, and I have a great number ... (Scott M. Gimple)

Mangroves, salt marshes and sea grass lock away carbon at up to five times the rate of tropical forests. ... (Frances Beinecke)

One has to learn contentment, forgiveness, and purpose on her own before the universe allows her to share her happiness with another soul. ... (Benyf)

Never stop your child from using their imagination and having fantasies, as they could become the next great author. ~ D.L. Bates ... (Dennis Lee Bates Jr.)

The quality of life that you have is determined solely by the effort you put into giving your life value, purpose and a reason. ... (Steven Redhead)

We seem, these days, much more willing to recognize the perils before us than we were even a decade ago. The newly recognized dangers threaten all of us, equally. No ... (Carl Sagan)