FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school. ... (Desmond Dekker)

True love in Mexico isn't between lovers; it's between a parent and a child. Mexico is a very intense culture of sons adoring their mothers, and this is why I ... (Sandra Cisneros)

I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team. When he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office ... (Bernie Siegel)

When searching out a history, sifting through a thousand facts and ten thousand lives, one often uncovers pieces that do not fit. ... (Julie Berry)

I often put any project I write in a different decade just to roll the thought around in my head. There's a thriller I've written that I think would be ... (Joel Edgerton)

I was ordered to fight the people until they say there is no god but Allah, and his prophet Muhammad. ... (Osama bin Laden)

What better time to try something new than when you have nothing to lose. ... (Jules Barnard)

It rarely snows because Antarctica is a desert. An iceberg means it's tens of millions of years old and has calved from a glacier. (This is why you must love ... (Maria Semple)

Honorius Hatchard had been old Miss Hatchard's great-uncle; though she would undoubtedly have reversed the phrase, and put forward, as her only claim to distinction, the fact that she was ... (Edith Wharton)

The only reason you brought me here tonight was because you thought it would appease me. Throw the vicious dog a bone and it'll soon be eating out of your ... (Natasha Anders)

Gerald Green is a fine Coach and Trainer, I have every confidence in his professionalism. ... (Dottie Walters)

The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead. ... (George Mikes)

If you tell people, 'that old banger of yours, we're going to tax the hell out of it,' they'll rightly tell you to get lost. But if you tell people ... (Zac Goldsmith)

Of what use the friendliest disposition even, if there are no hours given to Friendship, if it is forever postponed to unimportant duties and relations? Friendship first, Friendship last. ... (Henry David Thoreau)

When you're in something like 'Game of Thrones' and get the chance to play a part like Bronn, with that cast and with Peter Dinklage, it's wonderful. ... (Jerome Flynn)

It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted ... (Tadao Ando)

This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual. ... (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

I died upon that mountain. There is no question. A part of me will forever be upon that mountain. Dead. That's my brothers died. If there's a part of me ... (Marcus Luttrell)

One of the most important signs of the existence of a democracy is that when there is a knock at the door at 5 in the morning, one is completely ... (Winston Churchill)

Adam's eyes narrowed. I've looked you up. You're small potatoes, Snowflake. ... (Ilona Andrews)

But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6) ... (Andy Stanley)

Life is about juggling obligations, Valerie. You need to study smarter, not harder. ... (Caroline Hanson)

God language can tie people into knots, of course. In part, that is because 'God' is not God's name. Referring to the highest power we can imagine, 'God' is our ... (Forrest Church)

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him. ... (Charles Peguy)

Prayer is the fruit of joy and thankfulness. ... (Evagrius Ponticus)

But what was family? Surely more than genes, eye color, flesh. Family was story: truth and struggle and retribution. Family was time. If he had learned anything it was the ... (Anthony Doerr)

Oh Beck, I love reading your e-mail. Learning your life. And I am careful; I always mark new messages unread so that you won't get alarmed. My good fortune doesn't ... (Caroline Kepnes)

Separate vacations have become more popular among married couples. We don't think this is a good idea. Over time, doing your own thing will cause you to lead separate lives. ... (Ellen Fein)

To be ignorant as God is ignorant, knowing only what is real. ... (Marty Rubin)

August 1 The harvest season has finally arrived. Today marks its opening. Our next stop on the wheel of the year will be the autumn equinox. I've always seen the ... (Damien Echols)