15213 Quotes & Sayings

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies. — James F. Cooper

A living gale is better than a dead calm. — Carolyn Wells

Looking outward to the blackness of space, sprinkled with the glory of a universe of lights, I saw majesty-but no welcome. Below was a welcoming planet. There, contained in the thin, moving, incredibly fragile shell of the biosphere is everything that is dear to you, all the human drama and comedy. That's where life is; that's were all the good stuff is. — Loren Acton

We tried - we tried for a year, and we tried different methods and different - and I had in vitro and it didn't work. It didn't stick. It didn't - didn't produce a baby at all. — Cheryl Tiegs

a child's disquiet is as potent as a damp fart. — Michel Faber

My dancers expect me to deliver because my choreography represents their livelihood. — Twyla Tharp

I don't see anything wrong with a neighborhood association wanting to keep their neighborhood a certain way or their apartment complex a certain way. I don't see anything wrong with white kids wanting to go to school with white children, or black kids wanting to go to school with black kids. — David Duke

At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself. — Stephen R. Covey

Alright. So how are we getting down there? Can you turn invisible or something?"

"What do I look like? A magician?"

"Well, can you fight?"

"Can you?"

"No," said Thalcu with a sad laugh. "Zonbiri women aren't allowed to handle anything bigger than a butter knife. Not legally, anyway. Besides, I could never shoot a gun. My hands are used to pushing remote control buttons, pounding game controllers . . . picking the good chips from the bag. — Ash Gray

The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another. — Liam Neeson

If someone's 20 years old and every third line out of their mouth is anti-something specific, then draw your own conclusion. — Bronson Pinchot

I assure you, my dear, were you to play the piano on the moon, I would hear every chord. — Amor Towles