FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

The Americans were understandably on hair triggers. There was a good reason for all of this security. For despite TV images of quick victory, much of Baghdad certainly had not ... (Lawrence Anthony)

In books and movies, all the loose ends are tired, things are resolved, mysteries are solved, they catch the killer, the boy gets the girl, a sick baby is miraculously ... (Cindy Vine)

Gifts are very useful to con men. Gifts create a feeling of debt, an itchy anxiety that the recipient is eager to be rid of by repaying. So eager, in ... (Holly Black)

Grandpa's mind had left us, gone wild and wary. When I walked with him I could feel how strange it was. His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing ... (Louise Erdrich)

Perfect love, casts out all fear." 1 John 4:18 ... (Stephan Labossiere)

He who is by nature not his own but another's man is by nature a slave. ... (Aristotle.)

Each one of us is a statistical impossibility around which hover a million other lives that were never destined to be born. ... (Loren Eiseley)

To attain, and to keep, a professional-managerial job requires class-specific human capital. Developing and displaying that capital is a central preoccupation of upper-middle class life. ... (Susan T. Fiske)

I'm excited about Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. It's the feast of a thousand senses, so just eat, eat, eat, eat. ... (Hannah Hart)

Good friendships are like breakfast. You think you're too busy to eat breakfast, but then you find yourself exhausted and cranky halfway through the day, and discover that your attempt ... (Shauna Niequist)

Better overcautious than missing a jugular vein, as the saying goes. That was a very morbid saying. Maybe only vampire said it. ... (Sarah Rees Brennan)

The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women. ... (Laura Bush)

I think I would love to have dinner with Gandhi; Jesus Christ; Mother Theresa; Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA; and Madonna. ... (Jane Velez-Mitchell)

Sometimes choosing being real over being liked is all about playing it unsafe. ... (Brene Brown)

Actually even at the beginning of my career, I never felt rejected. I was still working hard and believed in myself. I wasn't in a hurry and was picking and ... (Katrina Kaif)

Soon after you're dead - we're not sure how long - but not long, you'll be united with the most ecstatic love you've ever known. As one of the best ... (Basil Hume)

When you get into any kind of period work, or any kind of prosthetic work, or anything that alters what your 8x10 looks like, it's the joy of escaping and ... (Scott Bakula)

Le Tub is a Miami oceanside restaurant that uses old bath tubs and toilets as decoration. If you're really lucky, you get a table by the water where you can ... (Tarryn Fisher)

In 1981, Ms. Ebtekar was made editor-in-chief of the English-language newspaper 'Kayhan International.' The man who gave her the job was Mr. Khatami, who was then head of the Kayhan ... (Elaine Sciolino)

Never ask for anything! Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They'll make the offer themselves, and give everything themselves. ... (Mikhail Bulgakov)

On Leven's banks, while free to rove, And tune the rural pipe to love, I envied not the happiest swain That ever trod the Arcadian plain. Pure stream! in whose ... (Tobias Smollett)

I'm an alcoholic who doesn't (and doesn't want to) drink anymore so I exist in a state of never-ending micro-addictions that reveal themselves in the form of obsessions. I was ... (Augusten Burroughs)

Good manners forced her to say, somewhat grudgingly, "Your boots are very nice." He grinned and regarded his footwear, which, though old, appeared very well-made. "Yes, they are, aren't they?" ... (Julia Quinn)

You did tell me what a very superior sort of mind your friend has. What a pity he was born trapped in a man's body. ... (Laurie R. King)

Prospects: a prickly word, a sour betrayer. It was supposed to fill your thoughts with gold, or with clear air and great and lovely distances. Well, the metal came quickly ... (William H Gass)

If you truly want to escape the ordinary, you'll simply need to keep evolving. Whether what you seek is above or below. ... (Ryohgo Narita)

I read and watch movies. I can't go to the movie theater much anymore, though, because I get recognized. It's worse sometimes if I wear a costume and try not ... (Ayumi Hamasaki)

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable. ... (Salman Rushdie)

Dave? This is John. Your pimp says bring the heroin shipment tonight, or he'll be forced to stick you. meet him where we buried the Korean whore. The one without ... (David Wong)

Apple's MirrorPhone played a measure of One Reflection's single "You Don't Know You're Charming" to announce she'd received another hext message. ... (Shannon Hale)