1461 Smooth Quotes & Sayings

A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history. — Abram Joseph Ryan

For 40 years we were led to think of the Russians as godless, materialistic and an evil empire. When the Cold War ended, we suddenly discovered that Russia was a poor Third World country. They had not been equipped to take over the world. In fact, they were just trying to improve a miserable standard of oppressive living, and couldn't. They had to spend too much on arms build-up. We didn't win the Cold War; we bankrupted the Russians. In effect, it was a big bank exhausting the reserves of a smaller one. — Norman Mailer

Those of us who follow Jesus Christ must seriously commit to praying for our leaders, never forgetting that even our greatest heroes are flawed individuals who need Jesus Christ, just like the rest of us. — Jonathan Falwell

While God, for the most part, allows this cosmos [creation] to work according to the laws of nature, there is never a time when He is not actively involved in every detail of life. — Charles R. Swindoll

It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny. — Chris Pratt

A writer's main tool is his memory - his own memory, the collective memory of his people. And the strongest memory is the one that is created by a wound to the heart. — Anatoly Rybakov

Those sound like the three best answers I've ever heard on this show even though it's the first ever of this show! — Louis Tomlinson

When you cast, you can't cast only visually; you have to cast emotionally, too. — Niels Arden Oplev

With hat in hand, one gets on in the world. — Berthold Auerbach

I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up. — Ted Turner

German can take a lot more pathos than English can. When you say "pathetic" in English it's a disparaging term, but when you say "pathetisch" in German it's just a description, not necessarily negative. That says a lot already. — Daniel Kehlmann

Meanwhile, the sword
began to wilt into gory icicles,
to slather and thaw. It was a wonderful thing,
the way it all melted as ice melts
when the Father eases the fetters off the frost
and unravels the water-ropes. He who wields power
over time and tide: He is the true Lord. — Seamus Heaney

We come, brother. We come, Young Bull. — Robert Jordan

It took me a long time to realize that distance can ruin even the best of intentions. — Nicholas Sparks