FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

To calculate sacrifice is to attempt to sacrifice safely, and safe sacrifice is one of the most outrageous oxymoron's I can think of. ... (Craig D. Lounsbrough)

I love you, Ink, and I want you-only you. Being strong doesn't mean I don't want you too. You are the only person who knows every part of my life, ... (Dawn Metcalf)

The world will not be free of me who will establish religion secretly and openly in order that the proofs of God are not obliterated. They will be few in ... (Abu Hamid al-Ghazali)

Though the evidence suggests that most people are caught up on this frustrating treadmill of rising expectations, many individuals have found ways to escape it. These are people who, regardless ... (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)

History is the teacher of life ... (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but rather the result of going through a learning ... (Robert Greene)

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your ... (Anonymous)

Governments and citizens blend together only in the imaginations of political theorists. Government is, and always will be, an alien power over private citizens. There is no magic in a ... (James Bovard)

It's funny, the whole cooking thing came out of just a random thought of writing a cookbook with my mom and my sister for fun ... ... (Trisha Yearwood)

I can't do nothing for you either, Billy. You know that. None of us can. You got to understand that as soon as a man goes to help somebody, he ... (Ken Kesey)

Man appears for a little while to laugh and weep, to work and play, and then to go to make room for those who shall follow him in the never-ending ... (Aiden Wilson Tozer)

So that still freaks you out, huh? That might be proof that it needs to happen. His eyes locked on hers, refusing to let her look away. And when she ... (Shannon Messenger)

Ultimately, we need to take control over the money supply out of the hands of our governments and make the production of money again subject to the principle of free ... (Jorg Guido Hulsmann)

You got a sad story, ruth,' mimba said. 'but not sad-sad. you here with me and cato and all us together now. you have a happy-sad story. best you can ... (Anita Diamant)

It is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know. ... (Mark Zuckerberg)

Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the Dark. ... (William Shakespeare)

Habit is, to weak minds, a species of moral predestination, from which they have no power to escape. ... (Maria Edgeworth)

It's tough to change friends, and it's even tougher to admit when a friendship has run its course, but it can be an important part of growth, too. Friends come ... (Steve Kamb)

It was one of those rare times of shared happiness, of perfect contentment. We had a feeling of expectation, that what was already wonderful would only get better and better ... (George Alec Effinger)

It's darker than a well diggers ass. ... (Joe Teti)

You can't imagine fame. You can only ever see it from an outsider and comment on it with the rueful wisdom of a non participant. When it happens to you, ... (Benedict Cumberbatch)

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. ... (Henry Ward Beecher)

Comedy is the only profession where love from a stranger is better than love from a family member. You need to perform for strangers to see if you're really funny. ... (Jay Leno)

I've stabbed a man to death. Had sex with a stranger on camera. My soul was stained black with so many crimes, but I couldn't bear to watch him die. ... (Lana Sky)

There's not only emotion in the way you sing but also in what you sing. That way I can compensate it. ... (Beth Gibbons)

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. ... (Benjamin Franklin)

That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions. ... (Chow Yun-Fat)

Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows. Every day, men and women, conversing, beholding and beholden. The scholar ... (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Consider that the simplest social interactions between two people requires performing an astonishing array of tasks: interpreting what the other person is saying; reading body language and facial expressions; smoothly ... (Susan Cain)

Life is fleeting; your joys make it seem even shorter, but your sorrows make it seem too long. ... (Matshona Dhliwayo)