FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Its real symbolism is not to the westward expansion of the nineteenth century, but to the power and dominance of the United States in the twentieth century. ... (Tracy Campbell)

My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - ... (Joseph P. Kennedy III)

Tempted to type meaningless twaddle all the time on Twitter ... with alliteration, no less! ... (E.A. Bucchianeri)

In business the 80/20 principle is behind any innovation, any extra value. It is an entrepreneurial principle, a formula for value creation utilized not only by entrepreneurs, but by most ... (Richard Koch)

Thank you, Simon, I appreciate that." Luke opened the pizza box and, finding it empty, shut it with a sigh. "Though you did eat all the pizza." "I only had ... (Cassandra Clare)

A dear friend best expressed, in a few words, the aim of this book. When she reflected on my recovery from Alzheimer symptoms she stated: "You came back to life." ... (William E. Walsh)

Mistake to choose clothes rather than a mistake choosing a wife ... (blasio kajuna)

You see, even after decades of therapy and workshops and retreats and twelve-steps and meditation and even experiencing a very weird session of rebirthings, even after rappeling down mountains and ... (Carrie Fisher)

Are men truly such idiots that they cannot resist two orbs of flesh? ... (R.L. LaFevers)

It's great when improv is encouraged. It's a really fun thing. It depends on who's in the movie and how their process works, as well. It takes a director who ... (Lily Collins)

I knew I was in love with Lorri when I started to wake up in the middle of the night furious and cursing her for making me feel the way ... (Damien Echols)

Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it. ... (John Fund)

The whole point of marriage is to stop you getting anywhere near real life. You think it's a great struggle with the mystery of being. It's more like being smothered ... (Malcolm Bradbury)

I am just an earthly sinful father & I love my kids so much it hurts. How could I not trust a heavenly, perfect Father who loves me infinitely more ... (Francis Chan)

You want to hear it? Fine. It's a simple story really, about a pretty girl who was pretty stupid. She let a man touch her because she was scared to ... (Cora Carmack)

Traces of human life vanish very quickly: Glafira Petrovna's estate had not yet gone wild, but it seemed already to have sunk into that quiet repose which possesses everything on ... (Ivan Turgenev)

Always' was a promise! How can you just break the promise?" "Sometimes people don't always understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said. Isaac shot me a ... (John Green)

Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people ... (Neil Strauss)

Let the winds come from the sea and blow seeds about, seeds of the north, south, east, and west. Let the moths beat their wings against the windows and the ... (Margaret Cezair-Thompson)

I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same. ... (Shirley Bassey)

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history. ... (Colin Powell)

You know when you go into a restaurant, and it gets busy and they start a waiting list, and they start calling out names, "DuFresnes, party of two." They say ... (Mitch Hedberg)

This is what you remember about him: not much, but then you have been assiduous in your forgetting. His red sweater, v-neck, cashmere; the clink of ice-cubes in a glass. ... (Melanie Finn)

Don't let others box you into their idea of what they think you should be. A confined identity is a miserable way to exist. Be you and live free. Trust ... (Jaeda DeWalt)

But she was uncomfortable with what the professors called 'participation,' and did not see why it should be part of the final grade; it merely made students talk and talk, ... (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. ... (Carol Ann Duffy)

It is easy to propose impossible remedies. The ... (Aesop)

I like everything old-fashioned," said Eleanor; "old-fashioned things are so much the honestest. ... (Anthony Trollope)

He was breathing, which is always a good sign. As gently as I could I picked him up, placed him on the towel, wrapped it around him, and put him ... (Josh Lanyon)

Grading: Grading was done based on their performance with objectives. It was a simple "yes" or "no" grade that we could agree on when they came to prove their skill. ... (Jason Bretzmann)