FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or to be accepted by students solely ... (Morris Kline)

No one's ever going to hurt you again, Taya. Not on my watch." There was no defense in the world that could protect her heart from him when he said ... (Kaylea Cross)

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has. ... (Norman Jewison)

The Scriptures are the pearls of great words. ... (Lailah Gifty Akita)

I'm a big fan of fatherhood, and I'm a big fan of my family. ... (Jaime Camil)

Amphibians are dying out like crazy, and frogs and salamanders may be largely extinct by the end of the twenty-first century. Imagine an animal that begins its life in the ... (Annalee Newitz)

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)

Then there are also the quiet deaths. How about the day you realized you weren't going to be an astronaut or the queen of Sheba? Feel the silent distance between ... (Matthew Sanford)

You cannot have Jesus' rescue without accepting His rule. ... (Timothy Keller)

If we're going to reach a broader audience, we have to stop thinking about that audience strictly in terms of teenage boys or even teenage girls. We need to think ... (Warren Spector)

For Grace, After a Party" You do not always know what I am feeling. Last night in the warm spring air while I was blazing my tirade against someone who ... (Frank O'Hara)

If we have a heart to learn and a willingness to follow the example of children, their divine attributes can hold a key to unlocking our own spiritual growth. ... (Jean A. Stevens)

As we walked to the front of the complex, Cooper suddenly stopped. "This is for real, right?" "What?" "This date. You're really giving me a chance, right? I need for ... (Bijou Hunter)

They carried on a curious intermittent conversation which flicked on and off like the beams of a lighthouse suddenly nipped into silence by the approach of a Party uniform or ... (George Orwell)

Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams. ... (Mary Martin)

No matter what side of the spectrum you're on, you like to see your team fighting for the principle. ... (Bob McDonnell)

I give myself a cheat day where I annihilate my diet. I'm an all-American girl, so I go for a burger and fries and a shake. ... (Ashley Wagner)

He was in that state of highly respectful sulkiness which is peculiar to English servants. ... (Wilkie Collins)

Somehow the world survived the Nazis, the atomic bomb, and modern music ... (Haruki Murakami)

I really believe that when we start talking ourselves back, we'll have more to offer the world." he [Woodenkinfe] said. "I don't want a gray world." "You mean taking back ... (Philip Caputo)

A Christian is supposed to be in the world, and yet not of the world a Both/And as perplexing and demanding as the Either/Or that precedes the life of faith. ... (Therese Doucet)

My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody's good at something. ... (Pink)

People don't listen to karaoke, they endure it until it is their turn. It is the singularly most self-indulgent form of entertainment available. ... (Will Ferguson)

Since the body can't break down resistant starch, it slips through the digestive track without ever turning into calories of glucose - a particular boon, we're told, for diabetics. When ... (Michael Pollan)

Fiji, I'm betting you don't drink a lot," he said, trying to suppress a smile. "I don't," she confessed. "How did you know?" "Just a lucky guess." "You think he'd ... (Charlaine Harris)

Be happy with your stereotype. Asians - that's the stereotype I want. Being the smartest person in the world? You're the smartest, what are you complaining about? You know what ... (Godfrey)

Time marks us while we are marking time. ... (Theodore Roethke)

Just remember, there comes a time when the party isn't a party anymore; it's your life. ... (Doug Cooper)

But what is your duty? What the day demands. ... (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

The idea of gas engines was by no means new, but this was the first time that a really serious effort had been made to put them on the market. ... (Henry Ford)