FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

If they lived in Saudi Arabia, under Shari'a law, these college girls in their pretty scarves wouldn't be free to study, to work, to drive, to walk around. In Saudi ... (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)

I've got three brothers; I think all of them are good human beings. ... (Domhnall Gleeson)

One second, we are surrounded by angels holding their swords. The next second, one of their arms drops and his sword thunks to the grass like a lead weight. The ... (Susan Ee)

Successful trial lawyers are like heat-seeking missiles carrying payloads of information prejudicial to their opponent's case, constantly looking for the chance to unload their cargo, right up until the final ... (David Berg)

My husband and I went to Bald Head Island for our four-year anniversary. We spent the night in bed with champagne, tequila and Krispy Kreme doughnuts and watched a boxing ... (Teri Polo)

Oh, to lie side by side in the same tomb, hand in hand, and to gently touch a finger-tip from time to time in the darkness, would suffice for my ... (Victor Hugo)

After being told that the Professor "found it possible to believe for a moment in the existence of God," Isak thought, "Has it been possible to God, at Mount Elgon, ... (Isak Dinesen)

It is harder to hide the feelings we have than to feign the ones we do not have. ... (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

The next morning, when the Otis family met at breakfast, they discussed the ghost at some length. The United States Minister was naturally a little annoyed to find that his ... (Oscar Wilde)

Believe it or not, I've never been the most popular person at any party." She tried for a wry smile and almost managed it. He shook his head. "That's only ... (Noelle Adams)

Some things are not meant to be kept forever ... You know you have to stop and let go when things aren't going right, and everything you do is unappreciated. ... (Noemie Lenoir)

Where hunger is imposed by external circumstances, the act of starvation remains literal, a tragic biological event that does not serve metaphoric or symbolic purposes. It is only in a ... (Kim Chernin)

Diamonds are held under tons and tons of pressure, extremely high temperatures of fire and shuffled under shifting of tectonic plates, for a long, long time! Yet when they come ... (C. JoyBell C.)

Time has its own secrets, so it is best to wait upon it untill it tells. ... (Morgan Chabane)

A man's body and his mind, with the utmost reverence to both I speak it, are exactly like a jerkin and a jerkin's lining; rumple the one, you rumple the ... (Laurence Sterne)

Doing the weekly shopping, I stock up on stir-fry kits, Amy's meatless burgers, and armloads of onions and garlic. I put onions and garlic in everything. ... (Carrie Underwood)

Four major existential concerns - death, meaning in life, isolation, and freedom - play a crucial role in the inner life of every human being and ... (Irvin D. Yalom)

Early this morning, 1 January 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed in a pub brawl in a suburb of Buenos ... (P.D. James)

Ah, that's where you score, Nobby," said Colon. "Uniforms is OK. Adds a bit of tone, in fact. Especially if you look dashing," he said, ignoring the evidence that Nobby ... (Terry Pratchett)

I think you're a little more fragile when you're younger. ... (Mats Sundin)

You have me, Joe! You've always had me. ... (R.L. Mathewson)

Perhaps J. P. Morgan did as a child have very severe feelings of inadequacy, perhaps his father did believe that he would not amount to anything; perhaps this did effect ... (C. Wright Mills)

Clean coal represents a breakthrough in the marketing of coal, but not in the science of burning coal. ... (Van Jones)

Stiff-necked fools, you think you are cool to deny me for simplicity. ... (Bob Marley)

Coffee could easily become lunch if one was not careful, and lunch could so comfortably slip into afternoon tea. ... (Alexander McCall Smith)

I'm really the candidate who has really lived his whole life in suburbia. ... (Bob McDonnell)

Of course the reason that the Authorities have banned the stuff is not so much the detrimental effect on one's health, however genuine that might be, but rather that those ... (H.M. Forester)

I love nature, but I try to change it a little bit, not copy it, ... (Elsa Peretti)

Too much of a good thing is just about right ... (Jerry Garcia)

There's some debate as to whether you need to awaken from them because there are some patients who are actually starting to say, "I had these horrible nightmares, but I ... (Shelby Harris)