FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Shelley," I say. "You should've let him win. You know, to be polite." Shelley's response is a shake of her head. Applesauce drips on her chin. "That's the way it's ... (Simone Elkeles)

But true mastery in The Martial Way involves more than mere physical prowess and expertise. The master warrior is a man of character, a man of wisdom and insight. These ... (Forrest E. Morgan)

Weasels and stoats and foxes and so on. They're all right in a way I'm very good friends with them pass the time of day when we meet, and all ... (Kenneth Grahame)

Grandpa's farm had belonged to our people ever since there had been a farm in that place, or people to own a farm. Grandpa's father had left it to Grandpa ... (Wendell Berry)

I can't, Muffin. I can't talk to him. Why? He was good enough to sleep with, but not good enough to talk to now that he know's that you're part ... (Jill Myles)

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. ... (Anton Chekhov)

What if stars were the glimmering tears of a giant, welling in his cheeks, waiting to fall at the first tender stroke of emotion? What if the moon were a ... (Richelle E. Goodrich)

Only God was able to create a free creature, and freedom could only arise by the act of creation. Freedom is not the result or product of evolution. Freedom and ... (Alija Izetbegovic)

The ownership of land is an odd thing when you come to think of it. How deep, after all, can it go? If a person owns a piece of land, ... (Natalie Babbitt)

Some of my favorite moments from The Vampire Diaries were from season 3. I found the storyline between Stefan and Klaus to be extremely compelling. It was a friend/foe type ... (Paul Wesley)

Progressives should argue progressivism. We need to get out of issue silos that isolate arguments and keep us from the values and principles that define an overall progressive vision. 2. ... (George Lakoff)

We don't yet have a body of scientific knowledge about evil to be called a facet of psychology. Therefore, religious reasoning for actions will always be at the discretion of ... (Shannon L. Alder)

We don't want to be our own niche. We're filmmakers like everybody. How many years in a row are we going to talk about the fact that we make films ... (Nancy Meyers)

It was the 'Are the boys doing it?' basis on which I finally decided I was against women wearing burkas. Yes, the idea is that it protects your modesty, and ... (Caitlin Moran)

In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends mainly on what we are looking for. ... (John Lubbock)

This is the codicil of motherhood: Like it or not, you acquire a sixth sense when it comes to your children - viscerally feeling their joy, their frustration, and the ... (Jodi Picoult)

We have the incredible fortune of living alongside wise men and women from many traditions who give us these kinds of messages over and over again: "Look at your mind. ... (Pema Chodron)

I have discovered in a lifetime of traveling in primitive regions, a lifetime of seeing people living in the wilderness and using it, that there is a hard core of ... (Sigurd F. Olson)

If you wish Pythocles to have pleasure for ever, do not add to his pleasures, but subtract from his desires; ... (Seneca.)

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. ... (Xavier Becerra)

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV. ... (Ana Gasteyer)

God's government is perfect and just. His moral law is "holy, righteous and good" (Romans 7:12). No one ever has a valid reason to rebel against the government of God. ... (Jerry Bridges)

I don't have any solution, but I certainly admire the problem. ... (Ashleigh Brilliant)

Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and I can afford it and ... (Barack Obama)

Asked how he became a star, Mr. Carson once replied, I started in a gaseous state and then I cooled. ... (Johnny Carson)

People say, 'My phone sucks.' No, it doesn't! The shittiest cellphone in the world is a miracle. Your life sucks. Around the phone. ... (Louis C.K.)

I've never proclaimed myself to be a shooter. But I am definitely a scorer. ... (Lisa Leslie)

From the mountain peaks for streams descend and flow near the town; in the cascades the white water is calling, but the mistis do not hear it. On the hillsides, ... (Jose Maria Arguedas)

It occurs to him that there are different versions of himself to farewell - the abandoned eight-year-old; the delusional soldier who hovered somewhere in hell; the lightkeeper who dared to ... (M.L. Stedman)

False gods - the gods of human understanding - despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they do. But of course this is almost too ... (Brennan Manning)