FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Telling a person with toothache that there are others with greater toothache than their own was no help at all. ... (Alexander McCall Smith)

As I sat alone at my desk in the dark, I thought about suicide. Sometimes I did that, thought about suicide, though not in an active way - it was ... (Leila Sales)

Watching the completed version of The Two Towers for example, I was very conscious of scenes - sometimes whole sequences - that I had seen being filmed or edited but ... (Brian Sibley)

Though I work in New York City, in an office about a mile from the World Trade Center, I was not in New York City when the planes struck. I ... (Lauren Tarshis)

Anyone can cook but only the fearless can be great. ... (Brad Garrett)

Great things often start out small, and only open minds can perceive their inception. ... (Innocent Mwatsikesimbe)

In the South you are ashamed of being a virgin. Boys. Men. They lie about it. Because it means less to women, Father said. He said it was men invented ... (William Faulkner)

Experiment has a stimulus which withers its fear. ... (Emily Dickinson)

My hope is that, factual or fabricated, every line in Tsarina leads to a single truth: that when you forget that those you disagree with are people, not just your ... (J. Nelle Patrick)

The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, ... (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Dear Natasha, It's the middle of the night. I can't sleep. Thoughts are creeping through my head like darkness slips around the bodies of sky scrapers in every city we've ... (Melodie Ramone)

Peter, you're not crazy," William said. "Nobody's really crazy. That's just a word. Isn't it, Torey? Just a word. And nobody's a word. ... (Torey L. Hayden)

I have raised you to respect every human being as singular. And you must extend that same respect into the past. Slavery is not an indefinable mass of flesh. It ... (Ta-Nehisi Coates)

Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a reflection of the community. I actually saw my ... (Ian MacKaye)

Sam," she said. "I'm trying!" "Sam," she repeated. "No," he spat, hearing her tone. "No!" He began screaming for help then. Celaena pressed her face to one of the holes ... (Sarah J. Maas)

As to the need of improvement there can be no question whilst the reign of Euclid continues. My own idea of a useful course is to begin with arithmetic, and ... (Oliver Heaviside)

You are the son of a kind, strong, and engaged Father, a Father wise enough to guide you in the Way, generous enough to provide for your journey, offering to ... (John Eldredge)

Will you cry? Will you miss me? ... (C.J. Roberts)

My focus is 100% on you Lord Jesus and I know You will never let me down. ... (Euginia Herlihy)

You are not just a funny person or just a journalist. Most people are hybrids of having a smart opinion and a great sense of humor. ... (Katie Nolan)

I eat only white foods: eggs, sugar, grated bones, the fat of dead animals; veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; fruit mold, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese ... (Erik Satie)

If Christianity is true, this changes EVERYTHING. Christ's very last words to us in scripture were: "Behold, I make all things new." (Rev. 21:5) I hope you remember that most ... (Peter Kreeft)

When you go home you ought to go like a ray of light - so that it will, even in the night, burst out of the doors and windows and ... (Robert G. Ingersoll)

I stared you chew down your Swedish meatballs. I hope you could see how you chewed my heart then spit it out ... (Noor Iskandar)

As many of you know, I am not very fond of the human race. However, I will not let them die by the hands of our species nor any other. ... (Christine Gabriel)

One god there is, in no way like mortal creatures either in bodily form or in the thought of his mind. The whole of him sees, the whole of him ... (Xenophanes)

The most beautiful rooms I have entered have been empty ones. Warehouses full of light and dust. Empty attics with a view. Coastlines. Prairies. ... (Yann Martel)

The newcomers quickly learned their way about and soon felt at home. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided them, as well as many other pioneers, with an opportunity to acquire ... (Harry S. Truman)

She kills her words, but somehow the feeling survives. And no matter where she buries them, he always sees them in her eyes. ... (Seekerohan)

It is much more enjoyable to love success than to hate failure. ... (Russell Anthony Gibbs)