FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

I have a great respect for the flag, (but) if the government passed a law saying that I had to pledge allegiance to the flag, I don't think I would ... (Jimmy Carter)

We humans always seem to take a manipulative posture. No matter what the particulars of the situation, or the subject matter, we prepare ourselves to say whatever we want in ... (James Redfield)

Among the qualities most needed among those who aspire to true leadership in the fostering of peace and goodwill among the nations and in overcoming racial and religious antagonism is ... (John Mott)

Love is an afternoon of fishing when I'd sooner be at the ballet. Love is eating burnt toast and lumpy graving with a big smile. Love is hearing the words ... (Richelle E. Goodrich)

But what we have here is not a nice girl, as generally understood. For one thing, she's not beautiful. There's a certain set to the jaw and arch to the ... (Terry Pratchett)

I do miss the days of living in our boardinghouse when I could practice my lines while experiencing the freedom of trousers without anyone thinking a thing about it." "The ... (Jen Turano)

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay ... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think it does give terrorists ... (Jimmy Carter)

A lot of childhood effort, worry, and whispering goes into cracking the codes of adult life. Children have to be accomplished spies. ... (Vera B. Williams)

Yes you're getting your tattoo." I threw my arms around Dad's neck. "Thank you!" "Hey," Mom said. "I'm the one who had to persuade him it wasn't turning his little ... (Kelley Armstrong)

And often when things turn to TV series there are so many different people with different agendas that things can morph. And so, you know, that was why having the ... (Debra Messing)

Ramona was willing to talk about anything, now, about things beyond the present moment. Childhoods in El Modena and at the beach. The boats offshore. Their work. The people they ... (Kim Stanley Robinson)

We have built a genuine level of enthusiasm and goodwill with people throughout this district. People are really excited about the possibilities this election holds, not just for this district, ... (Artur Davis)

I certainly supported a woman's right to choose, but to my mind the time to choose was before, not after the fact. ... (Ann B. Ross)

The sea can do craziness, it can do smooth, it can lie down like silk breathing or toss havoc shoreward; it can give gifts or withhold all; it can rise, ... (Mary Oliver)

My life, my life, now I speak of it as of something over, now as of a joke which still goes on, and it is neither, for at the same ... (Samuel Beckett)

Without labor nothing prospers. ... (Sophocles)

My jobs often end up being our family vacations, and so far it has been great. ... (Christopher Gorham)

The question, 'Why does she stay?' is code for some people for, 'It's her fault for staying,' as if [domestic violence] victims intentionally choose to fall in love with men ... (Leslie Morgan Steiner)

Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia especially, I learned a lot about myself. It reminded me how lucky I am ... (Blake Shelton)

Be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. ... (Christian D. Larson)

He raised his hand automatically and tried to make his hair lie flat. "You're fighting a losing battle there, dear," said his mirror in a wheezy voice. ... (J.K. Rowling)

From that time forward it has been hard for me not to think of literature as created primarily to give writers the drinks they want. ... (Caroline Rody)

All the things in life that were put here to savor, you eliminate. Save time, save work, you say." He nudged the grass trays disrespectfully. "Bill, when you're my age, ... (Ray Bradbury)

I would be lying if I said I didn't feel a flicker of envy. But envy did not make one lovelier. Mother Dhina had taught me that. Beauty, coveted though ... (Roshani Chokshi)

I live close to Hampstead Heath, so when I do have spare time, I like to raise my white blood cell count with a swim in the men's pond. It's ... (Bertie Carvel)

Native scholar Greg Cajete has written that in indigenous ways of knowing, we understand a thing only when we understand it with all four aspects of our being: mind, body, ... (Robin Wall Kimmerer)

When we came out of the sunnily lit interior of the Ladies' Day offices, the streets were gray and fuming with rain. It wasn't the nice kind of rain that ... (Sylvia Plath)

Towns with redbrick buildings and whitewashed ... (John Grisham)

Thank God for running. It is the ultimate detox for me, whether my poison is bubbles, a foul mood, or a bad attitude. If I combat inertia, get out, and ... (Kristin Armstrong)

I have an AIDS ribbon tattooed on my arm. ... (Ryan Lewis)