FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

If you look at satellite photographs of the Far East by night, you'll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light. This area of darkness is the Democratic People's Republic ... (Barbara Demick)

Really, the definition of what makes us "human" confuses me. Showing "humanity" is like this synonym for "treating others kindly" or "like you want to be treated" or whatever, when ... (A.D. Aliwat)

When I was at art school, a lot of art education is about art being a means of self-expression, and as an 18-year-old I didn't know if I had a ... (Andy Goldsworthy)

Timeless principles never age, and truth is as young as the day it was spoken into existence. ... (Craig D. Lounsbrough)

In the end, we all die, and nothing really matters. ... (Richard Ramirez)

There was a combination of not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, but also really not wanting to be stuck in Lord of the Rings for the ... (Sean Astin)

The assignment was a two-page essay, in Greek, on any epigram of Callimachus that we chose. I'd done only a page and I started to hurry through the rest in ... (Donna Tartt)

One thing I've learner," she said, "you have to talk about these things while they're fresh. Or you'll never talk about them. I'm going to teach you how to talk ... (Hanya Yanagihara)

Our family became spelled after my ancestor pixed off two evil witch sisters. The witches' curse was supposed to doom my great- great- great grandmother to turn evil and torch ... (Betsy Schow)

Even a meaningless life may contain many good breakfasts. ... (Ashleigh Brilliant)

As Dutch, British and French explorers literally put this Great Southern Land on the map it would be ridiculous to say that modern day Australia is anything other than a ... (Douglas Pearce)

Unfortunately, I'm drawn to a rare species of bad boy exterior/good guy interior. Give me a Harley Davidson and a pair of aviators and I'm weak in the knees." "I ... (Lucy McConnell)

They were ... well, Beautiful People! - not 'students', 'clerks', 'salesgirls', 'executive trainees' - Christ, don't give me your occupation-game labels! We are Beautiful People, ascendant from your robot junkyard. ... (Tom Wolfe)

Some say their world's will end with fire, some say with ice. From what I've tasted with desire I hold with those who favor fire. My world may not be ... (Genesis)

In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that really counts is his quality as a human ... (Herbert von Karajan)

I'd like to be a truck driver. I think you could run your life that way. It wouldn't be such a bad way of doing it. It would offer a ... (Anne, Queen of Great Britain)

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now. ... (Neville Marriner)

We have so much love to give, and the more that we give, the more we receive. ... (Rhonda Byrne)

Somewhere between right and wrong lies a garden surrounded by thorns, and I have met you there. ... (Stacey Lee)

All good things vanish in less than a day, Peace, plenty, pleasure, suddenly decay Go not yet away, bright soul of the sad year, The earth is hell when you ... (Thomas Nash)

Law-abiding Americans deserve to know that their government will not secretly tap their phones, read their medical records, access their library accounts or otherwise invade their personal lives, with no ... (Ralph Neas)

At its best, the US Open demands straight drives, crisp iron shots, brilliant chipping and putting, and strategic position play. Plus the patience of St. Francis and the will of ... (Thomas Boswell)

And this is woman's fate: all her affections are called into life by winning flatteries, and then thrown back upon themselves to perish; and her heart, her trusting heart, filled ... (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Whatsoever you are waiting for, you are waiting in vain. It is not going to happen, and what is going to happen has nothing to do with your expectations and ... (Rajneesh)

Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out. ... (Natalie MacMaster)

The septons preach about the seven hells. What do they know? Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like" ... She was sad for him, she ... (George r r martin)

There is no real world, just the one you create. ... (Jolene Stockman)

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, 'Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to ... (Martin Luther King Jr.)

When people say money doesn't matter, it sure as hell does when you're able to show your mother a beach house and then hand her the keys to it. That ... (Tony Robbins)

Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself. ... (Pope Francis)