FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and ... (Ezra Stiles)

One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me." ... (William J. Clinton)

There is something wonderful about a death, how everything shuts down, and all the ways you thought you were vital are not even vaguely important. Your husband can feed the ... (Anne Enright)

No matter how soft you try to grow it, if the soil is full of stones it won't flourish. It would rather grow in ugly patches, here and there, making ... (Ashfaq Saraf)

Now, ideals, conventions, even truth itself, are continually changing things so that the milk of one generation may be the poison of the next. The young Americans of my time ... (F Scott Fitzgerald)

Some people like drama so much that they have to start inventing things because real life isn't interesting enough for them. ... (Lisa Ballantyne)

The first thought was this: that he was a foolish old man, because all his life he'd been looking for something and it was only when Anna joined him in ... (Marcus Sedgwick)

The eldest who had the misfortune of being too beautiful and had a far off look in her eyes. Madame Cohen had seen what could happen to girls like that, ... (Alice Hoffman)

She kept the wish to herself, as she should have, and simply blew out the candle.I clapped and whistled and then dove into my own cupcake, dying to know how ... (Richelle Mead)

I had crossed fifty years of my life, and come across uncountable females as son, husband, father, friend in my life. Coming across several women I carefully studied most of ... (Nutan Bajracharya)

I'm no fan of jam bands. You can take your Gov't Mule, your Phish, your Rusted Root. But Derek Trucks is a special musician - perhaps the greatest slide guitarist ... (Darin Strauss)

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same ... (Elton John)

The wish to be super-strong is a healthy wish, a vital, compelling, power-producing desire. The more the Superman-Wonder Woman picture stories build up this inner compulsion by stimulating the child's ... (William Moulton Marston)

My mother said, "Arturo, stop that. Your sister's tired." "Oh Holy Ghost, Oh Holy inflated triple ego, get us out of the depression. Elect Roosevelt. Keep us on the gold ... (John Fante)

A Manifesto for Introverts 1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers. 2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation. 3. The next generation of ... (Susan Cain)

Part of Sykes's motive was rooted in religiosity. A devout Catholic, he regarded a return of the ancient tribe of Israel to the Holy Land as a way to correct ... (Scott Anderson)

She's kept her love for him as alive as the summer they first met. In order to do this, she's turned life away. Sometimes she subsists for days on water ... (Nicole Krauss)

In addition to billions in new 'stimulus' spending that our country can't afford, the Geithner plan also contains billions in tax increases on small and family-owned businesses while protecting the ... (Kevin McCarthy)

Brands that stand out from the competition are purposefully disruptive or different ... (Bernard Kelvin Clive)

Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos. ... (Debasish Mridha)

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time. ... (Drake)

As Jack began to climb the stairs, Fiona looked up at her new home. Five stories of stately mansion rose above her head. Heavy molding around the large windows and ... (Karen Hawkins)

We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming. ... (Anna Quindlen)

Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake. ... (Alain Ducasse)

Fact: The new '90210' is cooler than the old '90210.' It's the lithe, streamlined Skipper to the elder series' venerable Barbie. Gone are the traditional parents - they've been replaced ... (Diablo Cody)

This is the birth of the modern human soul. The artists are like us, not like the Neanderthals, who had no culture - and who incidentally were still roaming the ... (Werner Herzog)

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but ... (Steve Yzerman)

When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time. ... (Maya Angelou)

Increasingly economic historians can draw analogies between the development of the present crisis and the period between the two world wars, as well as the crisis of a century ago, ... (Andre Gunder Frank)

Buy Space Ghost cereal, but don't eat the prizes. ... (Matt Groening)