FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Most public bathrooms now have automatic toilet sensors. People can't even be trusted to flush. ... (Dov Davidoff)

When human beings acquired language, we learned not just how to listen but how to speak. When we gained literacy, we learned not just how to read but how to ... (Douglas Rushkoff)

Whenever she imagined her child, grown up without interference from a judgemental world, she imagined its male and female halves as complementing each other, and as being secretly, almost magically ... (Kathleen Winter)

But it's this one boy, hanging over a barre, sharing his history, who ended up here with me, in this moment, by pure fate. I wonder what it would be ... (Jessica Calla)

It is my desire, by my presence and with my words, to pay tribute to your tireless work in defending and fostering the inviolability of innocent and defenseless human life ... (Raymond Leo Burke)

She wasn't all that interested, as a reader, in the reader. She was still partial to that increasingly eclipsed entity: the writer. Madeleine had a feeling that most semiotic theorists ... (Jeffrey Eugenides)

The most important thing for us is to save lives. ... (Rick Perry)

Making and cheerfully keeping our covenants gives validity and life to the vital sacred and saving ordinances we need to receive in order to obtain all that the Father hath. ... (Linda K. Burton)

Childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach at the back of the refrigerator. ... (John Piper)

On my Instagram, my boyfriend will take pictures of me, or someone else will take a picture of me, and they're like, 'What is wrong with her? She looks sick.' ... (Troian Bellisario)

I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes. ... (Nigel Rees)

I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned. ... (Yayoi Kusama)

You cannot change the world with ideas. People with few ideas are less likely to make mistakes; they follow what everyone else does and are no trouble to anyone; they're ... (Umberto Eco)

My fellow Americans, good evening. My name is Becca Goldman and I weep with all of you. I texted one word to Megan, 'Gag' She wrote back: 'My name is ... (Jeri Smith-Ready)

When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? ... (Malcolm Gladwell)

When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and I fought to save them both. But the ... (Mark Lawrence)

What is that?" Dad said, looking at the doll. "It's called the Scream," I said. "I know that, but what us it?" Dad said. "Maybe she sleeps with it," I ... (Douglas Rees)

Live a life of virtue. Remember, yesterday you were not here, tomorrow you won't be here. ... (Vinita Kinra)

Black English is something which - it's a natural system in itself. And even though it is a dialect of English, it can be very difficult for people who don't ... (John McWhorter)

MAY 31 The Power of Your Words Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. PROVERBS 18:21 NASB OUR ... (Joel Osteen)

Indian street magic tends to be very gory, blood and guts. One trick is for a magician to take a knife and appear to cut his kid's head almost off. ... (Teller)

I rise up on my tiptoes. He's already bending his head down, moving his lips toward mine. And then, well, I haven't exactly studied this, but I'm pretty sure that ... (Margaret Peterson Haddix)

I know not where we go from here. I do not think this is the end, but a new beginning, a new chapter in our tale. Told by minstrels who ... (Guy T. Simpson Jr.)

Serpentfire can burn for a very long time if the bagic is strong," said Aldric. "It's hard to handle, that kind of fire, it seems to have a mind of ... (Jason Hightman)

You, Stan, are covered with dirt and leaves.' 'I just applied for a job as a tree,' I said. It made so little sense, he didn't even bother responding. ... (Sean Beaudoin)

My father then presented Honour with a cheque, "This is from our family for you, only you. Put it in a bank and if my son ever treats you badly, ... (Ruth Ahmed)

In two easy strides, I reach her, weave my arms around her waist and lift her feet off the ground. My angel is so light she practically floats. "Isaiah! You're ... (Katie McGarry)

Oh,' said a very white body as it threw a wrist watch to the ground which broke without attracting anyone's attention, 'Oh, how can anyone not love poetry, natural machines, ... (Robert Desnos)

I heard through the Verdie grapevine yesterday that the sexy cowboy who lives in this house likes gingersnaps." "Sexy?" One dark eyebrow shot up. "That's according to the grapevine," she ... (Carolyn Brown)

Let me be the ring leader in your guilt gang-bang. ... (Chuck Palahniuk)