27704 Quotes & Sayings

In 1960, fewer than 13 percent of Americans were obese, and diabetes had been diagnosed in 1 percent. Today, the percentage of obese Americans has almost tripled; the percentage of Americans with diabetes has increased sevenfold. — Gary Taubes

When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered. — Charles Rosen

She could not have been born gray. Her
color, her color of brown, was an essential part of her, not an accident. Her anger, timidity, brashness, gentleness, all were elements of her mixed being, her mixed
nature, dark and clear right through, like Baltic amber. She could not exist in the gray people's world. She had not been born. — Ursula K. Le Guin

To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself. — Julian Barnes

There was no doubt about it: if you wanted to succeed you had to go away. You could do nothing in Dublin. — James Joyce

We're all just wandering souls searching for a heart to call home... — I. Wimana C.

I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know. — John Grisham