FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of ... (Martin Luther King Jr.)

In reality, there is a single integral community of the Earth that includes all its component members whether human or other than human. In this community every being has its ... (Thomas Berry)

The primary goal of collectivism - of socialism in Europe and contemporary liberalism in America - is to enlarge governmental supervision of individuals' lives. This is done in the name ... (George Will)

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)

We all romanticize the people we adore. ... (John Green)

As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to ... (Thomas More)

If I am not worth the wooing, I am surely not worth the winning. ... (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about ... (David Beckham)

It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship are foundation stones without which a championship structure cannot be built. ... (Major Taylor)

Not that i had a big arse but even that was toned. ... (Benedict Cumberbatch)

I look forward to a time when lawyers aren't in the top three calls every day, and all you care about is how your kids are doing in school or ... (Lance Armstrong)

How often do you get a movie where the coolest character has your own real last name? I played Bob Morales as a cross between my own father - the ... (Esai Morales)

At best you can hold death at bay, you can pretend it isn't there; but to deny it totally is a sickness. And I think that horror fiction is one ... (Clive Barker)

Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key. ... (Natalie Massenet)

Alex propped himself against the metal railing where Willow had just stood. "Okay, let's get something straight," he said in Spanish."If you think I don't know you're after my girfriend, ... (L.A. Weatherly)

Poor manners on my part. What is your name?" "Ria." "Ria, is that short for Rian?" "Yes, it is," she smiled. "Rian, would you please cross your legs?" The request ... (Patrick Rothfuss)

I want to reach everybody, from the little girls who are 3 years old, to the grandmother who watches my soap, to a young man in love. ... (Thalia)

It had to be a trick or you couldn't have done it. It's the bind we were in. We had to have a commander with so much empathy that he ... (Orson Scott Card)

Try not to laugh. To the girl with golden hair and beauty with no compare. Wait for me at midnight. Sit at your window, in your lovely pink chair and ... (J.B. Hartnett)

Ten minutes after loading up her plate, when Iris is sipping pale apple juice, she asks Els across the table, "I'm told I should make myself useful. What are my ... (Corinne Duyvis)

We're brought up to expect a happy ending. But there are no happy endings. There's only death waiting for us. We find love and happiness, and it's snatched away from ... (Sidney Sheldon)

Beaten armies always shout, "TREASON! ... (John Taliaferro)

What is there to forgive? ... Ignore forgive and concentrate on living. Life for you is short; far too short to allow small jealousies to infringe on the happiness which ... (Jasper Fforde)

I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously ... (James Cameron)

After dinner or lunch or whatever it was with my crazy 12-hour night I was no longer sure what was what I said, Look, baby, I'm sorry, but don't you ... (Charles Bukowski)

Art can play a major role. I look at art as an alternative source of energy, the same way we might look at wind or solar or lithium batteries. ... (Saul Williams)

If anyone is going to see the gospel as true and good, satanic blindness and natural deadness must be overcome by the power of God. This is why the Bible ... (John Piper)

How can you say you want to be somewhere when you're not really sure if they want you there because they're not even talking to you? ... (Julius Peppers)

You must learn to sit with the restless, painful energy and not let the momentum pull you under and cause you to do the same thing over and over that's ... (Pema Chodron)

Hatred is always a sin, my mother told me. Remember that. One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in ... (Alice Munro)