10301 Quotes & Sayings

How does anybody change from the time that they're 18 till they're 25? Everything kind of changes. You see the world much differently, and you get your priorities in order a little bit more. — James Lafferty

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. — Bernadette Devlin

I am against Prohibition because it has set the cause of temperence back twenty years; because it has substituted an ineffective campaign of force for an effective campaign of education; because it has replaced comparatively uninjurious light wines and beers with the worst kind of hard liquor and bad liquor; because it has increased drinking not only among men but has extended drinking to women and even children. — William Randolph Hearst

I have had only two men in four years while he appears every week on the newspapers with another woman. — Michelle Hunziker

A mistake like that can be forgiven, but never forgotten. — M.L. Wiekel

When in doubt, zoom out. — Reggie Watts

There are 20,000 Muslim physicians in the United States, Americans putting their lives in the hands of Muslims every day. — Hamza Yusuf

That's a nice song,' said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time.
It's an old soldiers' song,' he said.
Really, sarge? But it's about angels.'
Yes, thought Vimes, and it's amazing what bits those angels cause to rise up as the song progresses. It's a real soldiers' song: sentimental, with dirty bits.
As I recall, they used to sing it after battles,' he said. 'I've seen old men cry when they sing it,' he added.
Why? It sounds cheerful.'
They were remembering who they were not singing it with, thought Vimes. You'll learn. I know you will. — Terry Pratchett

Every year I try to pitch a show, and I try to do something outside of YouTube, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. — Shane Dawson

Early Trans-Atlantic Voyages
"Since Columbus' discovery of the islands in the Caribbean, the number of Spanish ships that ventured west across the Atlantic had consistently increased. For reasons of safety in numbers, the ships usually made the transit in convoys, carrying nobility, public servants and conquistadors on the larger galleons that had a crew of 180 to 200. On these ships a total of 40 to 50 passengers had their own cabins amidships. These ships carried paintings, finished furniture, fabric and, of course, gold on the return trip. The smaller vessels including the popular caravels had a crew of only 30, but carried as many people as they could fit in the cargo holds. Normally they would carry about 100 lesser public servants, soldiers, and settlers, along with farm animals and equipment, seeds, plant cuttings and diverse manufactured goods. — Hank Bracker

All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. — Grant Wood

He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much. He who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. — James Allen

Sometimes in fiction you had to mute reality in order to make it seem more believable. — Adam Langer