FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The Romans were a strong power before Virgil, but the Greeks had captured their imaginations. While Rome conquered physical Greece, Greek mythology had enveloped Rome. The Empire coul be confident ... (John Mark Reynolds)

There are two ways of being happy: We may either diminish our wants or augment our means- either will do- the result in the same; and it is for each ... (Benjamin Franklin)

Undoubtedly, the best way for a consumer to have a good time in the 2010s was to turn to Korean products: for a car, Kia and Hyundai; for electronics, LG ... (Michel Houellebecq)

For four hundred years the blacks of Haiti had yearned for peace. for three hundred years the island was spoken of as a paradise of riches and pleasures, but that ... (Zora Neale Hurston)

As Aunt Naomi was listing all the things she was going to do to help this person, her friend stopped her in mid-sentence. "Naomi, girl," she said, "you need to ... (Patti LaBelle)

And isn't that the tragedy of love, it's utter and complete deceit, that you can only be true in it, that you only wish to reveal your full truth to ... (Omair Ahmad)

Power dynamic operates in emotional contagion, determining which person's brain will more forcefully draw the other into its emotional orbit. Mirror neurons are leadership tools: Emotions flow with special strength ... (Daniel Goleman)

And then came the three-toed sloth. Stupid sloth. It was a crazy-looking beastie, all arms and bristling grey fur; its body was a blob, the kind of shape a six-year-old ... (Tony James Slater)

The decisions we make dictate the schedules we keep. The schedules we keep determine the lives we live. The lives we live determine how we spend our souls. So, this ... (Lysa TerKeurst)

Health care is, at its core, about improving the odds of life in its struggle against death. Of extending that game which we will all lose, each and every one ... (Keith Olbermann)

The idea that government can instruct private enterprise on how to eliminate waste is preposterous. ... (James Cook)

It's more pressure on women to - if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full ... (Sheryl Sandberg)

The thing about the Lexington International Bank ladder was that it was very long, and climbing it was very exhausting, and so Andrew Brown didn't have a lot of time ... (Naomi Alderman)

For a moment my heart stopped beating. "It's not the fall you know." His breath was all warm on my cheek. "It's that sudden stop at the end that does ... (James Buchanan)

I loved her weight in my arms. It was like I'd always been an unbalanced scale that was finally correctly calibrated. ... (Emily Bleeker)

He's comming to meet me on Sun. Cant wait!! ... Please God let him love me!! ... This could be it [followed by five happy faces] ... Hes going to ... (Anna Nicole Smith)

Man!" he snapped. "A man's cub. Look!" Directly in front of him, holding on by a low branch, stood a naked brown baby who could just walk - as soft ... (Rudyard Kipling)

I love you more than anything in this world. And if I'm ever lucky enough to get you to be my wife, there's no way in hell I'm letting you ... (Allie Everhart)

The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomegue, and approached the harbor under ... (Alexandre Dumas)

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy. ... (Publilius Syrus)

There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, ... (Tom Brokaw)

THE DEMON INSIDE.A book that will take you to one of the scariest places on earth. Your imagination. ... (Peter Fryer)

Tuskegee is a state of mind as it is a place, a place of possibility, hope, promise, self-empowerment, and where dreams come true. ... (Lionel)

I'll put it out there: I am scarred by the nostalgic indicipherability of my own desires; I an engulfed by the intimidating unknown, pushed through darkness and dragged down by ... (Anne Sexton)

Thinking, even when thinking is difficult, versus nonthinking Awareness, even when awareness is challenging, versus unawareness Clarity, whether or not it comes easily, versus obscurity or vagueness Respect for reality, ... (Nathaniel Branden)

The poet dreams of the classroom I dreamed I stood up in class And I said aloud: Teacher, Why is algebra important? Sit down, he said. Then I dreamed I ... (Mary Oliver)

Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me. ... (Nicolas Cage)

Ever met. I remember the days when you thought no woman was true, no woman could ever be trusted. Marriage - your second ... (Melody Anne)

SLAP! I saw a bright flash in front of my eyes, 'Don't you try and be a fucking smart arse in here, Holland, this is Partick cop shop you're in,' ... (Stephen Richards)

When I was on Raw, I was like Julius Caesar, an all-powerful conquering hero who became so powerful that everyone around him had to conspire against him. ... (Wade Barrett)