FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

I need to give you one last bit of advice in the off chance this rather extraordinary and enviable situation in which you find yourself is actually true- that somehow ... (Marisha Pessl)

Play for young children is not recreation activity, It is not leisure-time activity nor escape activity. Play is thinking time for young children. It is language time. Problem-solving time. It ... (James L Hymes)

The worst outcome of not trying is never getting to fail. ... (Phillip Gary Smith)

This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch. Jack started to protest but the clamor changed from the general wish for a chief to an election by ... (William Golding)

I want my wife to wake me up with a sweet kiss ... (Lee Donghae)

Arjuna asked Sri Krishna, "In this chaotic condition of my mind, what is my duty? I surrender myself to you, great Master. Please tell me." The answer of Bhagavan Sri ... (Swami Krishnananda)

Life will test you. You can try the most, fight the hardest, and still lose. You have to know that's okay. ... (Christina Escamilla)

A lot of things should have been, Zigmund, but they aren't. Are you going to be miserable about the things you cannot change, or do something about the things you ... (Melika Dannese Lux)

True love does not put a person in a cage like a bird. It gives true freedom to soar. ... (Debasish Mridha)

DEMON MATH What is JUST in a world you've ripped in two as if there could be a half for me a half for you what is FAIR when there ... (Kami Garcia)

Finally my heart is starting to self heal it is like the skin eventually the cut that was once so painful and deep is on the mend as the time ... (Abe)

The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by love, and even death Were sweetness, if it came like rolling waves While they two clasped each other, ... (George Eliot)

It was October 2001 and I lived in New York City. I was twenty-two. I, like many of my female friends, suffered from a strange combination of post-9/11 anxiety and ... (Mindy Kaling)

My music is very edgy and the energy is very raw, but I am also getting out this positive message without being a teacher. I don't want to hear anybody ... (Shane Bunting)

If you like the outdoors, Colorado is a big adventure playground for adults: it's great for skiing, cycling, climbing, and hiking. ... (Tyler Hamilton)

We need an inclusive world not merely because of the fear of our survival. We need it because hope is feasible. We need it because dreaming is good and aspirations ... (Sundeep Waslekar)

Use your voice for good in this world, it may not seem like it's getting you anywhere, but in the end good wins. ... (Heather Wolf)

No matter what happened to you, no matter what horrors you endured when you were taken away, you will always be my pretty little girl. ... (Karin Slaughter)

Deferring judgement to a later date resolves nothing and all you are left with is a box of jumbled slides and a collection of knick-knacks and odds and ends. Here ... (Will Ferguson)

Understanding the world too well, you see too many options and become as indecisive as Hamlet. No matter how far we progress, we remain part animal, and it is the ... (Robert Greene)

I'm a fool. I expect too much, then I'm angry because nothing ever works out the way I want. When I was young and full of hopes and aspirations, I ... (V.C. Andrews)

The Declaration of Independence ... is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto - revelation, if you will - declaring not for this nation only, but ... (Ezra Taft Benson)

The coffee shop played a big role in Vienna of 1900. Rents were sky high, housing was difficult to come by, your apartment probably wasn't heated, and so you went ... (Eric Weiner)

I've always had so much admiration for my mom. She's so inspiring as a woman and as an artist. ... (Jennifer Jason Leigh)

When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, house, a field ... Merely think, here is a little square of ... (Claude Monet)

If tomorrow all the things were gone I'd worked for all my life, And I had to start a new one with just my children and my wife, I'd thank ... (Lee Greenwood)

Flowers bloom in the tranquility of love with a beautiful desire for the well-being of the earth. ... (Debasish Mridha)

As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who are following photography for the love of it, and not ... (Alfred Stieglitz)

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)

Cort taught them to navigate by the sun and stars; Vannay showed them compass and quadrant and sextant and taught them the mathematics necessary to use them. Cort taught them ... (Stephen King)

When I was young, I used to be so jealous of other girls that it crippled me. ... (Anne Lamott)

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes ... (Gerald G. Jampolsky)

So what's the point, then, if we can't be happy? Why are we doing any of this?" "Oh, there's definitely happiness," Jack said, turning his back on the ocean and ... (James Riley)

I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate on a death bed. And ... (Terry Pratchett)

The outright propagandist sets up in me such a fury of opposition I am not apt to care much whether he has got his facts straight or not. He is ... (Katherine Anne Porter)

One should respect a defeated opponent! ... (Alexander Khalifman)

You're missing the wow factor." Garrett snickered. "Did you really just say wow factor?" "Oh, whatever. What are you, twelve?" "Twelve inches, baby." Garrett winked. Miller laughed and rolled his ... (Amanda Young)

How do you greet a god? If there's an etiquette guide for that, I haven't read it. I'm never sure if I'm supposed to shake hands, kneel, or bow and ... (Rick Riordan)

I remember a huge tiredness coming over me, a kind of lethargy in the face of the tangled mess before me. It was like being given a maths problem when ... (Kazuo Ishiguro)

That will be your married look, I, as a Christian, will soon give up the notion of consorting with a mere sprite or salamander. But what had you to ask, ... (Charlotte Bronte)

One movie I come back to time and again is 'The Hustler.' I don't think there's better dialogue in any film. ... (Simon Kinberg)

I don't speak French, but I took it for five years growing up. So, if I were in a situation where I had to be, like, 'Excuse me, pineapple dog ... (Eugene Mirman)

The ability to retain a child's view of the world with at the same time a mature understanding of what it means to retain it, is extremely rare - and ... (Mortimer J. Adler)

I will kill anyone who harms you," Rhys snarled. "I will kill them, and take a damn long time doing it." He panted. "Go ahead. Hate me - despise me ... (Sarah J. Maas)

I love the feeling of the weightlessness. I always love being in the water and to combine jumping off the side into the water feels like a different and fun ... (Tom Daley)

I spent more money on one robe than guys spend in five years. ... (Ric Flair)

You can love someone, hell, you can love a lot of someones, but when you find the right person--the one that you're meant to be with--it's like..." "You can breathe ... (Cheryl McIntyre)

In regard to dogs, my most memorable thoughts concern my daughter's dog and her fondness for them. In fact, one day while working at the office, she hosted a birthday ... (Tom Monaghan)

I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always does to war. It is not social or political. It is not countries that go ... (John Fowles)

I grew up in those years when the Old West was passing and the New West was emerging. It was a time when we still heard echoes and already saw ... (Hal Borland)

In fashion, there's a lack of strong male images. And there's a huge lack of strong African American images. I noticed over the past thirteen years, Ralph and those guys ... (Tyson Beckford)

You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast ... (Jess Weixler)

I had a lovely pregnancy. It was a beautiful, magical time for us. ... (Jennifer Lopez)

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. ... (Henry Adams)

Poseidon put his weathered hand on my shoulder. "Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way ... (Rick Riordan)

When I was a kid, my parents were very careful about who was "acceptable" as my heroes if you will, because they didn't want me being influenced by athletes who ... (Tucker Elliot)

The mighty miracles of the Lord are marvellous! ... (Lailah Gifty Akita)

It's a funny thing. I'll be in my home town of Columbus at a restaurant or something, and the waiter maybe asks, 'What do you do?' and I say, 'Oh, ... (Tyler Joseph)

The Hubbell space telescope, it's first year up after they fixed it, categorized and counted 500 billion galaxies in any one photograph field of view of dark matter. That's like ... (Alex Jones)

Becoming a mother has been the most amazing experience-in an instant you become strong. You have to be a little bit wiser; it's the most important job you have in ... (Katie Holmes)