FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

For me, saying 'I'm bossy' is a cute, tongue-in-cheek way of saying that I'm in control of my life. ... (Kelis)

Here in Turin you can write because past and future have greater prominence than the present, the force of past history and the anticipation of the future give a concreteness ... (Italo Calvino)

There is within the human heart a tough fibrous root of fallen life whose nature is to possess, always to possess. It covets 'things' with a deep and fierce passion. ... (A.W. Tozer)

I think that, very often there's a pain that's just too painful to touch. You'll break apart. And I think her mother's death and disappearance and abandonment was something she ... (Blanche Wiesen Cook)

At the core of my dad is, he has a very strong faith. He believes very firmly in loving God. ... (Tagg Romney)

I look around me, man . . . I'm trying to do what I've always done, to protect people, to keep them safe from the monsters - only I'm pretty ... (Jim Butcher)

Power...Born out of nature, Coveted by men; Wars rage on, And victors are crowned. But true power can never be lost or won. True power comes from within. ... (Emily Thorne)

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. ... (Wendell Berry)

There are many unknowns in life. This is patently clear again and again when we face vocational transitions. We cannot see around the bend in the road. We make decisions ... (Gordon T. Smith)

Everything is connected, even the parts we don't like, especially the parts we don't like. ... (Julian Barnes)

Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain ... (Arvo Part)

Black is beautiful .Black isn't power. Knowledge is power. You can be black as a crow or white as snow but if you don't know and you ain't got no ... (Lewis H. Michaux)

Everything depends on the Americans. If they want to make war for 20 years then we shall make war for 20 years. If they want to make peace, we shall ... (Ho Chi Minh)

This is no honky-tonk parade. 1Q84 is the real world, where a cut draws real blood, where pain is real pain and fear is real fear. The moon in the ... (Haruki Murakami)

Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body. ... (Richard Simmons)

God, our Heavenly Father, loves us, His children - and one of our greatest privileges is coming to Him in prayer. And because He already knows our needs, we can ... (Billy Graham)

I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men. ... (Beatrice Wood)

Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect. ... (Mary Elizabeth Braddon)

You persuade people with passion, so you've got to have a product or service you feel emotionally charged about. Then you can tell stories about it that will inspire others. ... (Anita Roddick)

In the hierarchy of public lands, national parks by law have been above the rest: America's most special places, where natural beauty and all its attendant pleasures - quiet waters, ... (Michael Shnayerson)

A brilliant idea doesn't guarantee a successful invention. Real magic comes from a brilliant idea combined with willpower, tenacity, and a willingness to make mistakes. ... (Lori Greiner)

The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was return the favor and pretend that they were ... (David Sedaris)

When you reach out to those you need to forgive, it is you that will be touched and healed. ... (Bryant McGill)

We all want to see Sunshine after Moonlight. ... (Jan Jansen)

Again the starter and the engine, and after a minute or two the rattle and pop of gravel as the DeSoto eased backward out of the barn. It gleamed darkly ... (Marilynne Robinson)

I wanted to explain myself to myself in an understandable way. I gave shape to my fears and made excuses. I varied my velocities, watched myselves sleep. Something's not right ... (Richard Siken)

Kanematsu Sugiura ... took down lab books and showed me that in fact Laetrile is dramatically effective in stopping the spread of cancer. The animals were genetically programmed to get ... (Ralph W. Moss)

People use restaurants to do business, to do politics, to socialize. ... (Danny Meyer)

This general tendency to eliminate, by means of unverifiable speculations, the limits of the categories nature presents to us is the inheritance of biology from The Origin of Species. To ... (W. R. Thompson)

I've seen it all in Nevada, Kansas before that, and the War of Northern Aggression before that. People do all sorts of nasty things. And while I used to believe ... (Gregg Edwards Townsley)