2984 Quotes & Sayings

I support repeal, but I think we ought to also spend time on the replacement side of that. The Republican approach has never been, 'Let's get rid of this,' but, 'Let's replace it with something that does deal with a very real problem in our healthcare system.' And that is the entry's cost and lack of coverage. — Rob Portman

I honestly believe life is a combination of laughter and tears, and it's almost always better to laugh than to cry. — Teresa Medeiros

Hazel never cried. She was forged from iron; she never broke. — Holly Black

Fabian had succeeded. She caught his eye and the two of them shared a look; it was the kind of look children wear when they know they've gotten away with something. At the same moment, Warwick and Florence also shared a look. Theirs was the kind of look adults wear when they know that somehow they have been well and truly hoodwinked, but are clueless as to the how and why, and know only that there's absolutely nothing they can do about it. — Michelle Harrison

After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand! — Maria Semple

The cat: an animal that's so unpredictable, you can never tell in advance how it will ignore you the next time. — Evan Esar

I always think the everyday is more relevant than anything too grand because we all have to deal with it. — David Byrne

Lou popped up often in his daydreams: her warm eyes, creamy skin, even her scars. Where were those from? Not many women could pull off the drunken-mess look, but Lou had been adorable and charming and a bit intoxicating. And the cake- he couldn't forget the smell of that coconut cake. — Amy E. Reichert

What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed. — Anne Bronte

Conscious attention is a designed function of the brain
which scans the environment for any trouble making changes.
If you identify yourself with your trouble shooter, then naturally you define yourself as being in a perpetual state of anxiety. — Alan Watts

Imagination, however high it flies,
Falls short, however hard it tries.
But spirits fit to see deeply invest
In what is boundless a boundless trust. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe