11938 Quotes & Sayings

I've learned, that not all worth is measured by price. I've found so many gems that didn't cost me much! — C. JoyBell C.

Wanita Young vs. Free Cookies Cookies will brighten up anybody's day - especially if they're being given away for free. At least, that's what two teenage girls thought when they surprised their neighbor with a plate of homemade cookies. But they were in for a surprise. The two girls, Lindsey Zellitti and Taylor Ostergaard, wanted to do something nice for their neighbors. So they went around their neighborhood, knocking on doors and leaving a small package of cookies in front of every door. When they got to 49-year-old Wanita Young's house, the sound of the girls knocking on the door apparently drove her into an anxiety attack, causing her to call the police who eventually took her to the hospital. After the girls apologized, and after they offered to pay her hospital bills, Young still decided to take them to court and sue them for $900 - and she actually won the case. — Jamie Frater

The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style. — Terry Pratchett

When comparing human memory and computer memory it is clear that the human version has two distinct disadvantages. Firstly, as indeed I have experienced myself, due to aging, human memory can exhibit very poor short term recall. — Kevin Warwick

I look at 'Love Child' and it's as if it was written by someone else - someone who knew what they were doing. — Allegra Huston

I'm not afraid of who I am. I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam, I'm a college graduate, I'm African-American and I'm gay. — Michael Sam

If you look around my room, you see lots of lists. I'm inspired by what's up on the wall. — Phil Keoghan

I love the big scale and immediate impact of posters. They're my favourite things to design. — Paula Scher

You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future. — Andy Griffith

Now I was going to bring back all such things into my life and become again that most limited of all specialists, the 'well-rounded man. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Boxing begins in illusion and ends in real blood and tears. That's what makes it so beautiful. — Brian D'Ambrosio

Part of me wanted to disappear into a cave in India, and I did end up going on retreats there, but, don't ask me why, I always felt very strongly that the point for me was to find a way to live a truly spiritual life in the modern day world and be able to work with all the positive aspects of our cultural and technological advancements. — Linus Roache

One day I will laugh and no loneliness will fall out. — Te' V. Smith

Take my friends and my home - as an outcast I'll roam: Take the money I have in the bank: It is just what I wish, but deprive me of fish, And my life would indeed be blank. — Lewis Carroll

Appreciate every little improvement. Forget to criticize every failure as long as you are learning from them. — Debasish Mridha