11037 Quotes & Sayings

Not to destroy but to construct,
I hold the unconquerable belief
that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war
that nations will come together
not to destroy but to construct
and that the future belongs to those
who accomplish most for humanity. — Adlai E. Stevenson

There's only 10 guys making big bucks in wrestling, and the rest of them they're making good money, but they're not blowing it away. — George Steele

I can't complain,
But sometimes I still do. — Joe Walsh

Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption — John Lancaster Spalding

Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause. — Nathaniel Branden

-I don't know that thin and pretty is what Nat is supposed to be, though. Does that make any sense?"
If she'd been holding on to any illusions about how much she liked Vince Grasso-not lusted for him, which she also did-that last speech would have cinched it. "It makes perfect sense. She's beautiful in her own way, but pretty is something ... else. And I've had friends who were really pretty-it didn't always help them all that much.'
"Yeah," he said. "My wife was pretty, and she was miserable her whole life. I just want my girls to be happy. Be themselves, you know, whatever it is. — Barbara O'Neal

On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree — W.S. Merwin

The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he what suits him. — Giuseppe Verdi

It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest. — John Lydon

A victim to certain obscure forms of gout, he was in character neither stupid, nor inhuman, but he suffered from the usual drawbacks of his class, - too much money, and too few ideas. — Mary Augusta Ward

My feet might fail me, my heart might ail me,
The synagogues of Satan might accuse or jail me,
Strip, crown, nail me, brimstone hail me ...
They might defeat the flesh but they could never ever kill me.
They might feel the music but could never ever feel me. — Jay Electronica

We'd have made more, but I kept forgetting to write songs down. — Chris Lowe

Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all do. — Rachel Caine