FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

On the Promise of the Present The eternal self dwells in eternity, and eternity intersects linear time at only one point: the present. Who you are in this moment, therefore, ... (Marianne Williamson)

Since Monday, it has been raining buoyant summer rain shot through with sun, but dark at night and full of sound, full of dripping leaves, watery chimings, sleepless scuttlings. Billy ... (Truman Capote)

Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the dragon, in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, ... (D.H. Lawrence)

Our lips met hungrily, and his clever artistic hands wrapped around my hips. A sudden buzz from my regular cell phone startled me from the kissing. "Don't," said Adrian, his ... (Richelle Mead)

Giraldus claimed that he had heard about Eleanor's adultery with Geoffrey from the saintly Bishop Hugh of Lincoln, who had learned of it from Henry II of England, Geoffrey's son ... (Alison Weir)

I would prefer," Pat said, his voice a little stiff, as if he expected resistance, "that I be the cosigner on the loan, if you go through with this. I ... (Laura Lippman)

But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing ... (Brent Scowcroft)

Audio is the only medium you can consume while you're multitasking. ... (Alex Blumberg)

You listen to me now and stop cutting me off. It's rude." She stopped moving and dropped her hand. "You can't tell me what I can and can't do; where ... (Kristen Ashley)

Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song ... (Karen Carpenter)

Don't worry, hero. If the vamp shows up, I'm here to protect you." "Great, I can hide behind your massive ego. ... (Cassandra Clare)

Only God can judge me now ... (Tupac Shakur)

He could be anywhere by now, so that is where I look for him. Anywhere... There are times when I don't recognize this woman who plays with such self-possession. She ... (Claire Kilroy)

I remember this scene because it was embarrassing to live through it, and because remembering it is a way of knowing that I am half-true to my beliefs when the ... (John Darnielle)

Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty. ... (Albert Camus)

And," Annabeth continued, "it reminds me how long we've known each other. We were twelve, Percy. Can you believe that?" "No, he admitted. "So ... you knew you liked me ... (Rick Riordan)

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense. ... (Arthur Hays Sulzberger)

Sunrays, leaning on our southern hills and lighting Wild cloud-mountains that drag the hills along, Oft ends the day of your shifting brilliant laughter Chill as a dull face frowning ... (George Meredith)

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics. ... (Chris Patten)

Everyday life is interesting enough, whether it be in an office or being ignored on the set of something supposedly more glamorous. ... (Ricky Gervais)

Well, this is going to be a fun night. How the fuck did I end up on a couples night with my shrink? Maybe I should have that drink now. ... (Samantha Towle)

I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking. ... (James Beard)

But remember, my reader, whom I hope to have travel far with me through time and space remember, please, my reader, that I have thought much on these matters that ... (Jack London)

All revolutionary advances in science may consist less of sudden and dramatic revelations than a series of transformations, of which the revolutionary significance may not be seen (except afterwards, by ... (I. Bernard Cohen)

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous. ... (Domhnall Gleeson)

On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians. ... (John Fogerty)

Sometimes writing a sentence can be harder than serving one. ... (James Magnuson)

One day I picked up the phone to hear a middle-aged female voice asking if there were "any green Salles" left; she wanted to match Salle's art to the color ... (Kim Gordon)

The natural mates of men were the Meliads[Ash Nymphs], who were Demi-Goddesses, & the Goddesses.Whilst it was believed that women could mate with animals & produce offspring, as Pasiphae did ... (Nicholas Chong)

Even the disciples of Jesus all fled from their master's cross. Christians who do not have the feeling that they must flee the crucified Christ have probably not yet understood ... (Jurgen Moltmann)