11701 Quotes & Sayings

In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department of Justice has been led these years by the first two African-American attorneys general, when many big cities boast African-American league prosecutors and police chiefs and mayors, even in this moment, why is it that it still feels to so many young people that there is more power for change on the court than in the courts? — Melissa Harris-Perry

Right in the difficult we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are. — Rainer Maria Rilke

My ideal office wouldn't have a chair. You would do two things there: stand up or lie down. These are the body's most natural positions. — Niels Diffrient

To Miss Cooper
Cousin,
Conscious of the Charming Character which in every Country, and every Clime in Christendom is Cried, Concerning you, with Caution and Care I Commend to your Charitable Criticism this Clever Collection of Curious Comments, which have been Carefully Culled, Collected and Classed by your Comical Cousin
The Author — Jane Austen

There's no reason to yell at anybody. — Laura Schlessinger

Trump University had neither a license nor a charter from New York State certifying it as an institution of higher education. — Eric Schneiderman

Being an NFL quarterback there's a lot of advantages that come with it. There are a lot of doors that open when you're a quarterback but at the same time there's a lot of scrutiny. There are a lot of things you can't do as well. — Colin Kaepernick

You know who you are. If my mother is a nun and someone comes up to me and they go, 'Your mother is a prostitute.' It is not going to bother me, because I know my mother is a nun, she's not a prostitute. — Paul Mooney

Mr. Merrill was most appealing because he reassured us that doubt was the essence of faith, and not faith's opposite. — John Irving

Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved — Iris Murdoch