FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

We find the general work of mankind is being carried on from day to day by the mass of people acting in harmony as if by instinct. If they were ... (Mahatma Gandhi)

Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves ... (Lemony Snicket)

Something in his leisurely move- ments and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to deter- mine what share ... (F Scott Fitzgerald)

If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have ... (Dalai Lama XIV)

From this new point of view, the universe I had inhabited became an object I could perceive in its entirety. It was a hypersphere embedded in a cloud of alternative ... (Robert Charles Wilson)

Love is kisses and touches and all the little things that make your body flood with emotions such as need, want, protectiveness, jealousy, hurt, and anger. It can take your ... (Lyra Parish)

MT: That also makes me think of Jesus's "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." And yet, doesn't Christ also speak of violence? RG: "I didn't come ... (Rene Girard)

Let me sit here, on the threshold of two worlds. Lost in the eloquence of silence. ... (Jalaluddin Rumi)

It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature. ... (Matthew McGrory)

Fabulous Aunt Fancy had died on her sixtieth birthday while parachuting from an airplane. ... (Nancy Thayer)

Gratitude opens overflowing of heavenly blessings. ... (Lailah Gifty Akita)

The obscure, unexplainable aspect of the writing process is about how some rhymes appear in your head. It often feels more like tuning in to some kind of channel than ... (Sahara Sanders)

When I see someone not performing, I am frank enough to tell the person that it's not working out. I request him or her to leave or change jobs within ... (Subhash Chandra)

How touching," Janco said, pretending to wipe his eyes. "Get going, Yelena. I don't want you to see me cry." He faked a sniffle. "I'm sure your ego can handle ... (Maria V. Snyder)

In our modern world, this elemental quality of storytelling is denied. We live today in a world in which everything has its place and function and nothing is left out ... (Michael Richardson)

Traveled so far, and not yet have they come across anything of interest, he mused, except, of course, for that nest of goblins I managed to stir up. Indeed, his ... (C.N. Faust)

Mad Men - it seems like they try to capture this glamorized version of the '50s and '60s advertising culture. ... (Geoffrey Gray)

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)

I don't believe in monsters." "Well, Red, I think you might want to start." Pike turned and looked him in the eye. "What do you think those green things were? ... (Jack Keely)

When I'm writing, I'm trying to access my subconscious and turn off my conscious brain. I use my conscious for research, but when I'm actually writing, I'm trying to get ... (Dan Gilroy)

That's fucking gay. Everything is gay. ... (Unknown Author 204)

As survivors, we've been conditioned to be victims sexually. Many of us have never learned to say no or to set limits on our sexual activities ... To heal, it's ... (Ellen Bass)

If it ain't broke, don't let some stupid fucker fuck it up sort of thing. ... (Andrew Pyper)

Not all witches can control the elements, only a "high priestess" or as I like to think of them "uber-witches. ... (Jennifer Harlow)

Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. ... (R. Buckminster Fuller)

I think what Pope Francis is saying is that nobody's perfect, you know? And so someone like Joe Biden, you know, where - you know, when he was running for ... (Jim Gaffigan)

For instance, a race of hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings once built themselves a gigantic supercomputer called Deep Thought to calculate once and for all the Question to the Ultimate Answer of ... (Douglas Adams)

I still have my first 'Black Lightning' that I got way back in the day, and my first 'Steel.' And I proudly display those comics, by the way. I have ... (John Ridley)

To write good poems is the secret of brevity. ... (Dejan Stojanovic)

A girl is supposed to be ecstatic on her wedding day. According to tradition, getting married is what we live for. Hope your wedding day is soon, they say. To ... (Rabih Alameddine)