FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Opinions differ on the question of whether a golden age is something you can experience while it's happening or whether it only comes into focus on reflection ... no matter ... (Russell Shorto)

The sorrow of war inside a soldier's heart was in a strange way similar to the sorrow of love. It was a kind of nostalgia, like the immense sadness of ... (Bao Ninh)

What is morality? It is not the following of enjoined rules of conduct. It is not a question of standing above temptations, or of conquering hate, anger, greed, lust and ... (U.G. Krishnamurti)

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity. ... (Spike Jonze)

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood. ... (Kate Thompson)

Love was the greatest of enchantments; if Echidna and her children succeeded in killing Kypris, Thelxiepeia would no doubt, would doubtless ... Become the goddess of love in a century ... (Gene Wolfe)

Why is it that the uneducated minds always criticize the brilliant minds? ... (Kelly Nelson)

Lucas lifted his head to look around and saw that dozens of people were dead or wounded; and that cops were flowing in from everywhere, that fifteen civilians were filming ... (John Sandford)

Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat sauce. Oh well, he'd eaten ... (Charlie Higson)

Rules were invented by elders so they could get to bed early. Men who speak endlessly on authority only prove they have none. And kings who make speeches about submission ... (Gene Edwards)

It's not what you're going to take from martial arts, it's what you have to give to martial arts ... (Saulo Ribeiro)

Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?" "Ah. The Suriel told you nothing important, did it?" That smile of his sparked something bold ... (Sarah J. Maas)

A fine city with too many socialists and mosquitoes. At least you can spray the mosquitoes. ... (Ralph Klein)

There can be no liberty without the law. ... (Cecil B. DeMille)

Today, I am glad that I'm me - I'm glad that I was born who I am, that I've learned what I've learned, and that I've become who I am. ... (Tom Walsh)

Live Free or Die Hard may work better for an audience that doesn't know much about the series is than it will for Die Hard die hards, who will be ... (James Berardinelli)

Do not settle for easy. Do not settle for that first image. Craft it, work it, and make something more out of it. And finally, don't forget that the biggest ... (David Burnett)

I have never seen anyone die for the ontological argument. ... (Albert Camus)

There was nowhere they could have gone and they went there anyway. ... (Neil Gaiman)

You'll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I'm just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain't ashamed to cry. When I go out and I ... (Mr. T)

Self-awareness is the key to find our uniqueness. The latter increases our chance to succeed in our personal, career, and business lives... ... (Assegid Habtewold)

Thus, we may observe, it is usual with God to smite us in those very comforts which stole away too much of the love and delight of our souls from ... (John Flavel)

Know that humiliation does not weaken you, it strengthens you. The more egoistic you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and have a greater sense of ... (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar)

I can't honestly say where the inspiration for my work came from. I think it came from reading. It came from texts, from Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, it came from, you know, ... (Lebbeus Woods)

I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don't, I throw them out ... (Iris Apfel)

'Tell me about yourself.' When interviewers ask this, they don't want to hear about everything that has happened in your life; the interviewer's objective is to see how you respond ... (Travis Bradberry)

I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a ... (Mark Helprin)

And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you've made me a better president. And with your stories and ... (Barack Obama)

It was the Reverend Ben Swift Chambers who was the acknowledged founding father of St Domingo's football team and therefore Everton FC. Chambers' unkempt, lost grave was discovered in the ... (Everton Football Club)

Holder: "You live over on Conroe, that's over two miles away." Sky: "You know what street I live on?" Holder: "Yeah. Linden Sky Davis, born September 29th. 1455 Conroe Street. ... (Colleen Hoover)