17857 Quotes & Sayings

When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society. — Orson Welles

The very gnarliest and hardest of hearts has some musical strings in it; but they are tuned differently in every one of us. — James Russell Lowell

Everyone and everything around you is your teacher. — Ken Keyes Jr.

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me. — Ruud Gullit

The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish. — Douglas Adams

Life is full of tough choices between less-than-perfect alternatives. — Maryanne O'Hara

My usual confessional is a straight Macallan but not before 5 o'clock. Perhaps that's why I try and have my crises in the evening. — Jeanette Winterson

Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

He's this Goth dude, can control people." "Goth, like a Visigoth German Viking of the middle ages, or a Neil Gaiman-looking, Robert Smith, make-up-and-moonbeams Cure fan?" "What's a Neil Gaiman?" "You're an idiot. — Charles De Lint

You hold the key. And you can keep it in your hand for as long as you need to. But there will come a point where you're ready to use that key to break out of the jail you've put yourself in. Only you can set yourself free. — Brenda Rothert