FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian god may exist; so may ... (Bertrand Russell)

When life knocks you down, you can choose to get back up. ... (Jackie Chan)

Earlier, at the first Methodist Conference in 1744, Wesley had advised his helpers and assistants to preach Christ in all his offices and "to declare his law as well as ... (Kenneth J. Collins)

Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death. ... (Peter Ackroyd)

Don't buy into the campaign that people don't like change. We are built for it. ... (Stacy Feiner)

Don't ever believe that Narcissists don't understand they have hurt you. They know exactly what they did and why they did it. The reason they can't stop their abuse is ... (Shannon L. Alder)

At some signal, floodlights around the lip of the crater were switched on, and the bright earthlight was obliterated by a far more brilliant glare. In the lunar vacuum the ... (Arthur C. Clarke)

Maybe she should take out a book and read, for it don't make no sense to just lean against the shop front, doing nothing, and she start to search in ... (Pamela Mordecai)

It was Leslie who had taken him from the cow pasture into Terabithia and turned him into a king. He had thought that was it. Wasn't king the best you ... (Katherine Paterson)

Jesus disclosed that God is compassionate. Jesus spoke of God that way: "Be compassionate, as God is compassionate." Compassion is the primary quality of the central figures in two of ... (Marcus Borg)

I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser. ... (Osbert Sitwell)

I suppose when the things that give you bad dreams live inside you, there's no point in trying to stop them. They're going to come out whenever they decide it ... (Cameron Dokey)

I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week ... (Steve Martin)

If god really wanted people to be free of [wicked thoughts], he should have taken more care to invent a different species. ... (Christopher Hitchens)

In the poorest cottage are Books: is one Book, wherein for several thousands of years the spirit of man has found light, and nourishment, and an interpreting response to whatever ... (Thomas Carlyle)

Humble pie tastes horrible but is great for the digestive system. ... (Sissy Silva)

The sad thing about destroying the environment is that we're going to take the rest of life with us. The bluebirds will be gone, and the elephants will be gone, ... (Ted Turner)

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a ... (Barack Obama)

Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward! ... (John C. Maxwell)

Don't think for one minute, whoever you are, that you're not important. You're so vitally important to stand up and be heard and do what it is you do. ... (Sally Field)

In assembling this group of portraits of women, I'm aware that I'm treading on dangerous ground. When I was in college, I learned to be distrustful of men's depictions of ... (Alec Soth)

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good. ... (Plato)

The most dangerous thing about an academic education is that it enables my tendency to over-intellectualize stuff, to get lost in abstract thinking instead of simply paying attention to what's ... (David Foster Wallace)

In all ages, through all the varied experience of individuals and nations, knowledge has been the power which has civilized, elevated and dignified humanity. In those countries where progress has ... (Sarah Moore Grimke)

Part of an icon's power comes from its indivisibility. The swoosh cannot be further deconstructed into its component parts. Just as golden arches mean McDonald's, and the little red tab ... (Douglas Rushkoff)

They are empty the way only things that contained too much can be. ... (Ru Freeman)

I was going to take it easy on you," he says, his voice low. "Lay you down on the bed and worship you, all day and all night. Kiss and ... (J.M. Darhower)

It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk. ... (Winona Ryder)

I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself. ... (Conrad Veidt)

Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a consequence enlarges our understanding of ... (Roger Rosenblatt)