FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The nearer a soul is to God, the more it deserves our esteem; the closer the ties that bit it to us, the more sensible is our love for it, ... (Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange)

She drew herself up and took in a breath, concentrating on her inflection so that she could indulge him in his game. Then she leaned forward and, in her best, ... (Lesley Livingston)

...mismatched attachment styles can lead to a great deal of unhappiness in marriage, even for people who love each other greatly. If you are in such a relationship, don't feel ... (Amir Levine)

The entire affective world, constructed over the years with utmost difficulty, collapses with a kick in the father's genitals, a smack on the mother's face, an obscene insult to the ... (Jacobo Timerman)

With the notion that we can open up our world by opening our minds, realize that home is the land that is least explored, and that adventure is a notion ... (Forrest Curran)

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)

I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no death the way we understood it. The body dies, but not the soul. ... (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)

You know, they say you can reduce genius to someone who spent 10,000 hours trying to get good at something. I'm not claiming either one of those. I haven't done ... (Randy Newman)

Well, the movie isn't bad. For a while, I even told myself I liked it, even as it missed one mark after another. But in the end, it's shapeless and ... (David Edelstein)

It was what remained to a relationship after the first euphoria of the romance had faded. ... (Mary Balogh)

Jamie Randall: [Last lines] I used to worry a lot about who I'd be when I grew up. You know, like how much money I'd make or, umm, like some ... (Margaret Watson)

As you work toward your goals today, tune into your underlying motivations and ask yourself: Am I focusing all my energy on a happy tomorrow to the detriment of today? ... (Lori Deschene)

After a few short years (fifteen, to be exact - brief by his count, interminable by hers), surrounded by all this vegetative rampancy, she was feeling increasingly unsure of herself. ... (Ruth Ozeki)

I never liked lobster in my life, and mainly because I'd never tried it. On my eightieth birthday I tried it. I can't say I'm greatly excited over lobster still, ... (Ray Bradbury)

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization, is very, very valuable for a playwright, a budding playwright. ... (Peter Shaffer)

You better stop Look around Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes Here comes your nine-teenth nervous breakdown. ... (Mick Jagger)

I began to understand that there were certain talkers certain girls whom people liked to listen to, not because of what they, the girls, had to say, but because of ... (Alice Munro)

My perfect guy wears converse, is totally laid back, and doesn't worry about being cool. ... (Selena Gomez)

Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly; In my own way, and with my full consent. Say what you will, kings in a tumbrel rarely Went to ... (Edna St. Vincent Millay)

Now, I'm not even saying that girls shouldn't have princesses in their lives, the archetype in and of itself is not innately wrong, but there should be more options to ... (David Trumble)

A Sorcery community? Do they have a Facebook page? ... (Leia Shaw)

So the Inca Trail isn't just a pretty shortcut that Pachacutec took on his way to his summer home?" "Mark, you can't finish the Inca Trail and not know that ... (Mark Adams)

This creative tension between wonderful and terrible is named so well by Gerard Manley Hopkins, as only poets can. Even the long title of his poem reveals his acceptance of ... (Richard Rohr)

My father was a really sharp cartoonist and filmmaker. He used to tape-record the family surreptitiously, either while we were driving around or at dinner, and in 1963 he and ... (Matt Groening)

It's false. There is absolutely no evidence that extreme weather events are on the increase. None. The argument that more and more dollar damages accrue is a reflection of the ... (Jerry Taylor)

People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less ... (Stephen Covey)

It wasn't just movies that couldn't contain the full cast of characters - it was us. We had to winnow life down so we knew where to put our tenderness ... (Miranda July)

Relationship is not about how much money you've in your bank account. It's about the attention and priority you give to those that stood by you when you had nothing. ... (Abdulazeez Henry Musa)

When I tell people I work to stop hazing in high schools I am almost always met with shocked expressions. 'High school? Really? I thought that was something that only ... (Rosalind Wiseman)

Good grief! They're going to call us inside soon, and Sticky hasn't even met Madge yet!" "Who's Madge?" Sticky asked. "Her Majesty the Queen! ... (Trenton Lee Stewart)