FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The first thought was this: that he was a foolish old man, because all his life he'd been looking for something and it was only when Anna joined him in ... (Marcus Sedgwick)

We need a top-to-bottom review of every economic development and assistance program we have to ensure that they encourage everyone to strive instead of settle, because there is dignity in ... (Carly Fiorina)

It was one of those rare times of shared happiness, of perfect contentment. We had a feeling of expectation, that what was already wonderful would only get better and better ... (George Alec Effinger)

Pride is a human nature and it's good for people to be proud of themselves, achievements, etc. but too much of anything is not healthy. Humble is pride exhibited through ... (Uzoma Nnadi)

Consistency is a jewel, but too much jewelry is vulgar. ... (Evan Esar)

It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature. ... (Matthew McGrory)

Julie: And now you've added me to your messaging list. How times change. By the way I'm having a little get-together for my birthday next week and I was wondering ... (Cecelia Ahern)

Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills. ... (Martin Luther)

My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my ... (Oksana Baiul)

Now take a human body. Why wouldn't you like to see a human body with a curling tail with a crest of ostrich feathers at the end? And with ears ... (Ayn Rand)

Debugging tip: For server applications, be sure to always specify the -server JVM command line switch when invoking the JVM, even for development and testing. The server JVM performs more ... (Brian Goetz)

Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you. -Rhett Butler ... (Margaret Mitchell)

Forward, intending to give the boy a reassuring pat on the shoulder or mutter some word of apology. He never saw the wolf, where it was or how it came ... (George r r martin)

[While voicing cartoons] you have to lose your sanity and inhibitions and any kind of dignity and just throw yourself around a bit. ... (Benedict Cumberbatch)

It is important to feel the anger without judging it, without attempting to find meaning in it. It may take many forms: anger at the health-care system, at life, at ... (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)

If we don't live in a way that is distinctive from our culture, then why not? If we are going to be satisfied with living our lives like the rest ... (M. Scott Boren)

This basic problem of relevance-cum-subservience has been given an added twist in the modern world, where relevance has become not only hollow but fragile and short-lived. A wider range of ... (Os Guinness)

In terms of worship, I think we ought to have the right people leading. ... (Michael W. Smith)

Make no mistake,' He says, 'if you let me, I will make you perfect. The moment you put yourself in My hands, that is what you are in for. Nothing ... (C.S. Lewis)

I'm not as klutzy as I used to be ... I've had visual therapy and all kinds of things to help, but I still wrap my purse around chair legs ... (Shelley Long)

One has to give a great deal of oneself to animals if one is to get the best out of them. ... (Barbara Woodhouse)

I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming ... (Donald G. Mitchell)

Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent. ... (Michael Gove)

A creative writing class may be one of the last places you can go where your life still matters. ... (Richard Hugo)

The reduction of the universe to one single being, the expansion of one single being into God: That is what love is. ... (Victor Hugo)

I'm just saying ' He pointed the way that Han appeared to be favoring. ' this doesn't feel right' 'Yeah, well, we're on a Star Destroyer being chased by the ... (Joe Schreiber)

With girls, everything looks great on the surface. But beware of drawers that won't open. They contain a three-month supply of dirty underwear, unwashed hose, and rubber bands with blobs ... (Erma Bombeck)

I didn't know that my son had allergies until he spit up eggs one day, and one day he had a little peanut butter and his face swelled up. I ... (Kym Whitley)

What is it in fact, this learning to fly? To be precise, it is 'to learn NOT to fly wrong.' To learn to become a pilot is to learn - ... (Henri Mignet)

What is this?" he went on now, spearing an unfortunate object on a fork and raising it to eye level. "This ... this ... thing?" "A parsnip?" Jem suggested. "A ... (Cassandra Clare)