FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but still lost the election. The Supreme Court's ruling in Florida gave Bush that pivotal state, ... (Juan Williams)

Am I proud of being straight? No. You know why? Because if I start acting proud, that's going to make me seem kind of gay. ... (Stephen Colbert)

See the sun! God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens. ... (Philip James Bailey)

Butterflies add another dimension to the garden, for they are like dream flowers - childhood dreams - which have broken loose from their stalks and escaped into the sunshine. ... (Miriam Rothschild)

Thanks for comin out, God bless you, good night ... What of fame? Everyone knows your face, the world screams your name And never again, are you alone.. ... (Tupac Shakur)

What would you think if I told you that, yes, your bad choices and decisions have had a part in your ending up under this pier, but beyond that, under ... (Andy Andrews)

Sometimes your own tongue can make you deaf and dumb. ... (Anirban Bose)

Anybody have any money?" Frank checked his pockets. "Three denarii from Camp Jupiter. Five dollars Canadian." Hedge patted his gym shorts and pulled out what he found. "Three quarters, two ... (Rick Riordan)

Every parent is an artist, for the bared canvas of a newborn's soul begs for the artist's touch. And because this is so, a parent must prepare the palette with ... (Craig D. Lounsbrough)

Desperately needed to practice her German, because she couldn't sing Schubert's songs in English for ... (Sarah Lark)

They wanna know why, I'm so fly, a girl asked me for a ring and I put one around her whole eye I'm looking nothing like ya poppa, I wouldn't ... (Big L)

If you want to be saved look the face of your Christ. ... (St. Thomas Aquinas)

I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period. ... (Mel Gibson)

That is, Jack thought, the way of life. The horror changes us, because we can never forget. Cursed with memory. It starts when we're old enough to know what death ... (Dean Koontz)

If they wanted Adarlan's Assassin, they'd get her. And Wyrd help them when she arrived. ... (Sarah J. Maas)

There was still a bit of sunshine in the sky, not that it mattered. High treetops and reaching branches entombed us from above in a dark coffin. It was still ... (Thomas McClellan)

You can't be gone. I need you here, with me. What am I going to do without you? ... (Patrick Carman)

Why are there such long words in the world, Miss?' enquires Sophie, when the mineralogy lesson is over. 'One long difficult word is the same as a whole sentence full ... (Michel Faber)

To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin to look upon one another with respect and ... (Leonard Peltier)

The bravest men are subject most to chance. ... (John Dryden)

As David Zucker watched the casket of his late wife being lowered into the ground, he thought the worst must surely be over and it was time to start the ... (Phil Wohl)

These are the end products of the Masterminds of Safety and Ethics, bulked up on cheese that contains no cheese, chips fried in oil that isn't really oil, overcooked gray ... (Anthony Bourdain)

We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose ... (Albert Schweitzer)

It is odd how all men develop the notion, as they grow older, that their mothers were wonderful cooks. I have yet to meet a man who will admit that ... (Robertson Davies)

People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer and more interesting. I think if we can ... (Barack Obama)

There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list. ... (Marian Wright Edelman)

As we let go of the machine model of work, we begin to step back and see ourselves in new ways, to appreciate wholeness, and to design organizations that honor ... (Margaret J. Wheatley)

And pray, who are you?" Said the Violet blue To the Bee, with surprise, At his wonderful size, In her eyeglass of dew. "I, madam," quoth he, "Am a publican ... (John B. Tabb)

I had grown up. I had learned that being a woman was knowing when to stand firm and when to compromise. I had learned to laugh and weep; I had ... (Juliet Marillier)

Doing nothing means unplugging from the compulsion to always keep ourselves busy, the habit of shielding ourselves from certain feelings, the tension of trying to manipulate our experience before we ... (Sharon Salzberg)