FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it's because I have nothing more to accomplish in this world except to wait for ... (Clarice Lispector)

You are of course right, Yanis. These targets that they insist on can't work. But, you must understand that we have put too much into this programme. We cannot go ... (Yanis Varoufakis)

She was bad at love. There were people in the world who were good at love and people who were bad at it. She was bad. She used to think ... (Lorrie Moore)

I know some 'thugs,' and they know I'm the furthest thing from a thug. I've fought that my whole life, just coming from where I'm coming from. ... (Richard Sherman)

Before you ever get the person you really want in your life, you will be tested with every person that was wrong for you. You will be tempted with what ... (Shannon L. Alder)

Beautiful things are like that, extraordinary one minute, gone the next. ... (Katherine Owen)

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their substance. ... (Thomas Jefferson)

Choices are one thing, though. And in my humble opinion ... Every choice I make will lead me to the one, at the right time. The only problem is I ... (Marilyn Grey)

The Universe continues to be perfect at every moment and never permits even the first imperfect event to occur. It goes from perfect to perfect to perfect. ... (Chris Prentiss)

As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly ... (Ramakrishna)

My guest to dinner was my best friend, Jocelyn, who had taken the train down from New York. We forewent seeing any DC museums or national monuments to order cheeseburgers ... (Mindy Kaling)

Their eyes, warm not only with human bond but with the shared enjoyment of the art objects he sold, their mutual tastes and satisfactions, remained fixed on him; they were ... (Philip K. Dick)

Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him-I patted around under the covers for his hand. ... (Charlaine Harris)

There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut. ... (Ang Lee)

Whatever the Garden had once been, now it was seething with corruption. Abundant life. It makes me laugh, in retrospect. Mr. Faust, did you know that there's a medical term ... (Craig Schaefer)

How many hearts would be invaded for the wrong reasons, if each time you said "I love you", you meant it? ... (pleasefindthis)

It was an injured worker finding a lawyer on a contingent fee in a little town in Texas that blew the top off one of the greatest industrial disasters in ... (Ralph Nader)

Life is not all sunshine, but yet I would willingly consent to live ten centuries out of pure curiosity!" That ... (Jules Verne)

Learning" virtue - becoming virtuous - is more like practicing scales on the piano than learning music theory: the goal is, in a sense, for your fingers to learn the ... (James K.A. Smith)

Talk to strangers when the family fails and friends lead you astray when Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay. 'Cause angels and messiahs love ... (Saul Williams)

Unsurprisingly, given the eagerness of professors and students of identity studies to claim as many labels for themselves as possible, some individuals have sought to expand the definition of disability ... (Bruce Bawer)

The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see. ... (William Shakespeare)

You can't just go out- No, I'll dream another dream. ... (L.J.Smith)

Biblical, Talmudic, or Koranic literalists remind me of children wrinkling their noses at Belon oysters and asking for more Chef Boy-E-Dee. They want the world to be as simple as ... (Tim Kreider)

P.S. You'll have to meet with Dan's principal when you get back. He got in trouble for doing ninja moves in class. Don't worry. This happens all the time. ... (Rick Riordan)

Our place had just four rooms and voices had a way of carrying, you couldn't sneeze in one room without somebody in another saying bless you. ... (Justin Cronin)

Dor remembered Victor's voice. And while they deepen with age, voices are, to one destined to listen for eternity, as distinct as a fingerprint. Dor knew it was him the ... (Mitch Albom)

My favourite singer ever in the world is Ari Up from The Slits. Her voice is amazing to me. It's carefree, but it's also really amazing. ... (Shamir)

An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the one she believes suits the character and situation ... (Stella Chess)

The gospels were all about God becoming king, but the creeds are focused on Jesus being God. ... (N. T. Wright)