FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

There is no such thing as a bottomless pit. If it were bottomless, it would not be a pit. The only thing that comes close to being a bottomless pit ... (Ron Brackin)

The Strauss Group identified water as a strategic category presenting significant business opportunity in line with the Group's long term business strategy and vision. We view the development of a ... (Ofra Strauss)

What was behind this smug presumption that what pleased you was bad or at least unimportant in comparison to other things? ... Little children were trained not to do "just ... (Robert M. Pirsig)

There was a time when we were told ... that a sense of common interest would preside over the conduct of the respective members ... This language at the present ... (Alexander Hamilton)

Fiction writers are strange beasts. They are, like all writers, observers first and foremost. Everything that happens to and around them is potential material for a story, and they look ... (Terry Brooks)

Beneath the dingy uniformity of international fashions in dress, man remains what he has always been; a splendid fighting animal, a self-sacrificing hero, and a blood thirsty savage. ... (William Ralph Inge)

Nothing I have ever written has been admired as much as the announcement of my death. ... (Harold Brodkey)

Mitt Romney's rally in Mansfield, Ohio, on Monday began the way every political event begins. 'Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and our country's national anthem.' This is always ... (Ari Shapiro)

I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan. ... (Dick Gephardt)

The damned could be saved ... anytime. But they refused to give up their sins. Though they suffered endlessly, they would not give them up, even for salvation, perfect divine ... (Janet Fitch)

The Mania Speaks You clumsy bootlegger. Little daffodil. I watered you with an ocean and you plucked one little vein? Downed a couple bottles of pills and got yourself carted ... (Jeanann Verlee)

Escape the safety of the small by taking the risks to become part of something bigger. Your true self demands it. Listen for the timer on the oven to sound-that's ... (Kirby Wright)

My first memory of the Rolling Stones is listening to 'Satisfaction' at a sixth-grade slumber party at a friend's house in Ankara, Turkey, where my family was living at the ... (Gayle King)

This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt. ... (James E. Faust)

To have the experience I did as a child, I would have to be a physically different being, one with whom I share nearly nothing. On a cellular level, aside ... (Thomm Quackenbush)

I know the aspect of my personality, being the vixen, the heartbreaker and the incredibly provocative girl is a very marketable image, but it's not insincere. You just can't take ... (Madonna Ciccone)

Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off. ... (Steven Pressfield)

If the behaviour of babies and small children is any guide, we emerge into the world with our tendencies to imbalance already well entrenched. In our playpens and high chairs, ... (Alain de Botton)

It was wise to put bureaucrats in windowless offices. ... (Helen Phillips)

My fingers draw up her back and tangle into her hair. "They'll never separate us." "Never," she repeats. Our lips crush together, our bodies pressed tight. An inferno of lips ... (Katie McGarry)

This obsession is a curious thing. Sometimes wonder about the merits of devoting so much of myself to a singular climbing objective. Much of the time it beats me down, ... (Tommy Caldwell)

The process of reforming the mental health system never includes the complaints that families and caregivers have regarding a need for increased access to resources, treatment, education, and financial support. ... (Tamara Hill)

Because he said it as if he was the first human being who'd ever noticed. Maybe that's why so many people trusted him, because he had something in his voice, ... (Benjamin Alire Saenz)

In today's world, a strong pair of hands is no longer enough for men to succeed just as a beautiful face doesn't guarantee lasting love for women. Times have changed. ... (Emi Iyalla)

You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think. ... (Sean Connery)

Failure results from bad breaks. ... (John C. Maxwell)

Rollover minutes don't work with curfews. ... (Becca Fitzpatrick)

Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him, full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state of shock, stood frozen. ... (Cassandra Clare)

In "securing" people, make them really really afraid. Create all kinds of colors and alerts that terrorize the population. Terror and numbness will eventually be mistaken for security. In "securing" ... (Eve Ensler)

Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got. ... (Benjamin Hoff)