FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Events and circumstances sometimes conspire against us; if we insist on inflexibility for the purpose of maintaining our beliefs, we end up compromising ourselves nevertheless. We salvage one set of ... (Terry Brooks)

If the public safety be provided, liberty and propriety secured, justice administered, virtue encouraged, vice suppressed, and the true interest of the nation advanced, the ends of government are accomplished ... (Algernon Sidney)

It was some UN agency that issued a report saying we're beyond the point of return here. And there was a picture of a polar bear on a little, tiny ... (Rush Limbaugh)

I've heard that George Clooney did something like nine pilots before 'ER' was picked up, way back when he was doing TV. It's just the way the business works. There ... (Andie MacDowell)

It simply is not true that everything is now on the Internet, but it is true that the digital resources available through the Internet have enormous potential for education and ... (Robert Darnton)

Inside the (Domestic) Sphere women did things which weren't too demanding like childcare, scrubbing the floor, washing the sheets and curtains, sewing on buttons, and coalmining. ... (Jacky Fleming)

I'm sorry. Really, Echo, I am. I didn't make the Aires connection until after the movie, I swear." "It's fine." Really - we're even. You took me to a crappy ... (Katie McGarry)

It seems like he's keeping my foot within his grasp for longer than necessary when I see his eyes wander up my legs again. I tingle in every spot his ... (Raine Anthony)

When it's a matter of not-do, I reckon a man can trust himself for advice. But when it comes to a matter of doing, I reckon a fellow had better ... (William Faulkner)

Hey, Tiffany. If I have to walk - if I have to steal a horse - I'll be there ... (Bill Condon)

Ode to Love Lin Huiyin I think you are the April of this world, Sure, you are the April of this world. Your laughter has lit up all the wind, ... (Lin Huiyin)

Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you ... (Eliot Ness)

The earth will never be the same again Rock, water, tree, iron, share this greif As distant stars participate in the pain. A candle snuffed, a falling star or leaf, ... (Madeleine L'Engle)

I always take kind of a zen view of casting and I really don't remember people who passed. I kind of turn it over to the universe and figure, 'Wow, ... (Peter Farrelly)

I think it's a very legitimate aspect of American life to criticize and to disagree and to debate. But I want to say I think it's a lie to say ... (John McCain)

Something that a lot of people don't know is that I have a five-month old son. Any free time I have now is spent with him. A few people suggested ... (Ne-Yo)

Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best, this music draws attention to ... (Michael Eric Dyson)

The Musicians Hall of Fame is chosen by thousands of your peers. So it's the real thing. ... (Dick Dale)

You're scared," he said quietly. "Scared?" I scoffed. "Of what?" "Of anything real. And what we have is real. You love me and it terrifies you." "I don't love you," ... (Sophie Jordan)

Say you want to stop snacking at work. Is the reward you're seeking to satisfy your hunger? Or is it to interrupt boredom? If you snack for a brief release, ... (Charles Duhigg)

Is there an idea more radical in the history of the human race than turning your children over to total strangers whom you know nothing about, and having those strangers ... (John Taylor Gatto)

This habit starts awfully early. Social psychologist Marilynn Brewer, who has been studying the nature of stereotypes for many years, once reported that her daughter returned from kindergarten complaining that ... (Carol Tavris)

Throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty; For you have but mistook me all this while. I live with bread, like you; feel want, Taste grief, need friends. Subjected ... (William Shakespeare)

Parker looked distressed. He had confidence in Wimsey's judgment, and, in spite of his own interior certainty, he felt shaken. "My dear man, where's the flaw in [this case]?" "There ... (Dorothy L. Sayers)

Dear Ron, and Harry if you're there, I hope everything went all right and that Harry is okay and that you didn't do anything illegal to get him out, Ron, ... (J.K. Rowling)

I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self. ... (Daniel Breaker)

By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him; and a small mistake is often made ... (Robert Greene)

The middle class has just fallen further and further behind the rich. ... (William Julius Wilson)

Mistakes are great teachers. They are stern, confident and fierce in redirecting you from what you should not do; to what you should do. ... (Kunle Olusegun-Emmanuel)

It is natural for me to ignore autograph seekers, but God wants me to share my testimony card with them and be loving. That power and initiative comes from him. ... (Ben Zobrist)