2158254448 Quotes & Sayings

A basic "must" for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental. — Rod Serling

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution. — Lucan

Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it. — Branch Rickey

Humans are fine if their hearts freeze. They can keep moving for years like that." — T. Kingfisher

The nature of acting is that one is many characters and jumps from one skin to another as a way of life. Sometimes it's hard to know exactly what all of your characters think at the same time. Sometimes one of my characters overrules one of my other characters. I'm trying to get them all to harmonize. It's a hell of a job. It's like driving a coach. — Anjelica Huston

modern era of multivalent "secularity" and "exclusive humanism" in which we live, a shift from the premodern, socially embedded "porous self" to the meaning-constructing "buffered self" that lives within our "immanent frame" of disenchanted modern reality that (supposedly) lacks room for the sacred.24 — Brad S. Gregory

No greater tragedy exists in modern civilization than the aged, worn-out worker who after a life of ceaseless effort and useful productivity must look forward for his declining years to a poorhouse. A modern social consciousness demands a more humane and efficient arrangement. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

At my time of life, one knows that the worst is usually true. — Agatha Christie

I can be tolerant of traffic jams and disorganization, faulty technology, miserable weather, and bland foods. People, however, require more than the cold, grudging favor of being tolerated. They require love. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I'm not sure if men really understand this, but I don't think there's a woman in America who really expects her life to be easy. In our own ways, we all know better! — Ann Romney

I really wish they hadn't made the set out of asbestos. — David Mitchell

You are in a much better position to serve others when your basic needs are met and your "tank is full". — Michael Hyatt

Do not allow the profession of which you are a member to induce you to take a bleak view of humanity. You will encounter all sorts of bad behavior but do not judge everybody by the standards of the lowest. If you — Alexander McCall Smith

Just beacause I'm wearing revealing clothes doesn't mean I'm inviting them to look. — Cora Reilly

Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld