FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

In Eudora Welty's masterful story "Why I Live at the P.O." (1941), the narrator is engaged in a sibling rivalry with her younger sister, who has come home after leaving ... (Thomas C. Foster)

Your patience may have long to wait,Whether in little things or great,But all good luck, you soon will learn,Must come to those who nobly earn.Who hunts the hay-field overWill find ... (Sarah Orne Jewett)

My favorite thing about doing photo shoots is just being able to have fun, meeting new people, getting dressed up, and I just love doing it. So, I have a ... (Kendall Jenner)

One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack. Not being able to find a comb when ... (Jennifer James)

Synchronicity is an inexplicable and profoundly meaningful coincidence that stirs the soul and offers a glimpse of one's destiny. ... (Phil Cousineau)

He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing ... (Ray Bradbury)

The clock struck eleven and cat the vampire huntress was on the loose, except my battle armor was a push-up bra, curled hair, and a short dress. Yeah, it was ... (Jeaniene Frost)

I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want ... (Dave Franco)

I love him, and I love us together more than I love myself. I will do what you ask, but if," Kara swallowed hard, " ... if I lose him, ... (Anna LaForge)

Think of the many, many stories about God choosing people. There are Moses, Abraham, and Sarah; there are David, Jeremiah, Gideon, Samuel, Jonah, and Isaiah. There is Israel itself. Much ... (Richard Rohr)

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again. ... (Jason Statham)

There's nothing on Earth like really nailing the last line of a big book. You have 200 pages to tickle their fancy, and seven words to break their heart. ... (Alex de Campi)

For several years at the University of Virginia, students had an annual tradition of raising hell around campus, burning tar barrels and shooting pistols into the air. ... (Matthew Pearl)

I always knew my death would be a possible consequence of the work I do. But for me it was a price I was willing to pay because this is ... (Lynsey Addario)

It's all a rather dark shade of gray. But that's a color all of us are familiar with, aren't we? ... (Shannon Messenger)

Homes make patriots. He who has sat by his own fireside with wife and children will defend it. Few men have been patriotic enough to shoulder a musket in defense ... (Robert Green Ingersoll)

Sleeping is time not spent living. ... (Rachel Cohn)

Your Why Power will Ignite your Willpower to help you implement Habits that will enable you to Pursue Your Purpose with PASSION! ... (Tom Cunningham)

It is easy to imagine a world where not only can few people read, few need to or want to. Serious reading can become the preserve of a s mall ... (Iain Pears)

You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday. ... (Noel Coward)

Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us. ... (John Flavel)

Coming from New York, I know that if you go by a delicatessen, and you put a sweet cucumber in the vinegar barrel, the cucumber might say, "No, I want ... (Philip Zimbardo)

This town is like Gone with the Wind on mescaline!" From Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. ... (John Berendt)

In the middle of my heart, a star appeared, and the seven heavens were lost in its brilliance. ... (Rumi)

Laia. The Scholar girl. Another ember waiting to burn the world down,' she says. 'Will you hurt her too? ... (Sabaa Tahir)

I am reminded of the proverb about the man with a single teacup to fetch water for his plants. In order to keep some alive, he had to let others ... (Stacey Lee)

Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you. ... (David Allen)

From the vantage of a mid-1970's consensus that regarded the United States as having entered a post-Protestant era, the rise of a Religious Right dominated not only by Protestants but ... (D.G. Hart)

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness. ... (James Gates Percival)

Forgive a wife-slammer if you can. But you don't have to live with him. Forgive a husband who is abusing your children if you can. But only after you kick ... (Lewis B. Smedes)