18944 Quotes & Sayings

We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too. — Evan Davis

When he went to go get groceries, though, he asked Mercer to come. 'There's no one I'd rather get stuck in a snowdrift and freeze to death with,' William said. — Garth Risk Hallberg

I see a vision of a great rucksack revolution thousands or even millions of young Americans wandering around with rucksacks, going up to mountains to pray, making children laugh and old men glad, making young girls happy and old girls happier, all of 'em Zen Lunatics who go about writing poems that happen to appear in their heads for no reason and also by being kind and also by strange unexpected acts keep giving visions of eternal freedom to everybody and to all living creatures. — Gary Snyder

I expect everyone in Boston has something like that ring, which is why I am glad I have never been to Boston. — Catherynne M Valente

Education is a technology that tries to make up for what the human mind is innately bad at. — Steven Pinker

The apple trees were in full bloom, the scent enveloping the party in a heady, almost palpable mist, and pale petals rocked on the glittering surface of the water and lay in white mats against the banks. — Pauline Gedge