FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life. ... (Tryon Edwards)

I'm not flirting. I'm just paying extra attention to someone who's very attractive. ... (Kristen Proby)

Before the Internet came along, most people rarely wrote anything at all for pleasure or intellectual satisfaction after graduating from high school or college. ... (Clive Thompson)

I'm attracted to roles that are unpredictable, and if I can get my hands on something like that, I'm thrilled. I like performances where you don't know what's coming, moment ... (Timothy Olyphant)

Sometimes, with Cinnamon, it was like she fell into this "impress the guy" mode and forgot the primary rule of friendship, which was to make your bud look good in ... (Lauren Myracle)

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything. ... (Nora Roberts)

Let us cherish the hope that the day is not far distant when we will be in the midst of this next adventure. ... (Ernest Lawrence)

The essence of real creativity is a certain playfulness, a flitting from idea to idea without getting bogged down by fixated demands. Of course, you don't always get what you ... (Vernor Vinge)

Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got scurvy. ... (Craig Ferguson)

Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in the face of all reason it will stay ... (Holly Lisle)

Please go on, make your threats. I don't like to submit to mere implication. ... (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Five members of the heretical sect of Quakers have been arrested," he says, smiling blandly, "and more arrests are anticipated." Two of the Quakers appear onscreen, a man and a ... (Margaret Atwood)

The one consistent policy running through this [Clinton] administration is the love it has lavished on Marxists food aid for North Korea, diplomatic recognition of the Hanoi regime, chronic kowtowing ... (Don Feder)

With all thy getting, get understanding, is the banner under which these Forbes editorials have appeared since the first issue of the publication. We have no illusions about what great ... (B.C. Forbes)

There is nothing unholy or degrading about sexuality in itself, for by that means men and women join in a process of creation and in an expression of love ... (Spencer W. Kimball)

Elections are when you have to make a choice. Perfection not often attainable! ... (Rupert Murdoch)

The earth is a spaceship. While you are here, enjoy the ride. ... (J.R. Rim)

After spending the last 15 years guest hosting, I couldn't be happier to get the opportunity to host my own show! I'm looking forward to talking sports, connecting with listeners, ... (Jay Mohr)

What time is the funeral" " Two pm." "Are you going, Sergeant?" "Yes." "Can anyone go?" "Anyone can go Beula, but only good people with respectful intentions should attend don't ... (Rosalie Ham)

Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand. ... (Anne Robinson)

You're you,' he repeats, his eyes full of grief. 'You're the same girl who crashed on this planet with me, who I dragged through forests and over mountains, who climbed ... (Amie Kaufman)

There are believers who by God's grace, have climbed the mountains of full assurance and near communion, their place is with the eagle in his eyrie, high aloft; they are ... (Charles Spurgeon)

I do not understand how a man can be a true believer, in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and trouble. ... (John Owen)

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said "sure, every time". ... (Mickey Mantle)

I want my own bed, in my own apartment. Home sweet home. No place like home. Take me home, country roads. Home is where the heart is. But my heart ... (Audrey Niffenegger)

Like a primitive savage, who sets out to tame the wilderness armed with nothing but a knife and his indomitable will, I will persevere. I will wrestle victory from the ... (Ilona Andrews)

The publishers of Superman comic books, National Periodical Publications [later DC Comics], killed my days, murdered my nights, choked my happiness, strangled my career. I consider National's executives economic murderers, ... (Jerry Siegel)

Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of great art, and being in the presence of ... (Salman Rushdie)

Dancing in the strip club, Not the dancing, but the being naked was excruciatingly scary for me. ... (Mary Steenburgen)

Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying. ... (Elayne Boosler)