26650 Quotes & Sayings

[ ... ] the sense of entitlement [ ... ] is an attitude perfectly suited to succeeding in the modern world — Malcolm Gladwell

Aspiration lifts the life; groveling lowers it. When we are striving for excellence in everything we do the entire life grows and expands, but if we allow our standards to drop, there is a natural progression that follows, a tendency for a downward effort in all that we do thereafter. — Orison Swett Marden

The stinging slap against her cheek whipped her head sideways. Her hand reflexively went to her burning face.
"I told you no," Tobe said, barely above a whisper.
Daphne had no words. He'd never so much as hinted at touching her in anger before. She now understood what stunned speechless meant. — Hunter Shea

The distance between the library and the bedroom is astronomical — Arthur Koestler

Since the number is either odd or even, it is either true that the number is odd or true that it is even. Therefore something is true but not certain. Either 'The number of coins now on the train is odd' is an example of truth without certainty, or 'The number of coins now on the train is even' is. We know that one of those two sentences is an example, although we are not in a position to know which of them it is. Zac was incorrect in claiming that truth implies certainty. — Timothy Williamson

Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; ... But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. The importance of truth is that it adds to interest. — Alfred North Whitehead

Stars shine brighter in the dark.darkness cannot overcome the light — Ikechukwu Joseph

My eyes refuse to let him leave, but he stands still holding my hand, lingering for as long as possible. — Thomas Sweeney

Homesickness starts with food — Che Guevera

My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers. — James D. Watson

A man is allowed sufficient freedom of thought, provided he knows how to choose his subject properly ... But the scene is changed as you come homeward, and atheism or treason may be the names given in Britain to what would be reason and truth if asserted in China. — Edmund Burke

A real explosion is not only much more fun to shoot, it also helps the actors and creates an energy on set and ultimately in the scene. — Steven Soderbergh

After the fire created
You will see
The beast illuminated — Hyrum E. Jones