3520 Quotes & Sayings

What is it men love in Genius, but its infinite hope, which degrades all it has done? Genius counts all its miracles poor and short. Its own idea it never executed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance ... — John Keats

Instead of quoting the Buddha, be the Buddha, be "the awakened one," which is what the word buddha means. — Eckhart Tolle

We're socialized to believe that warmth and strictness are opposites," Doug Lemov writes in his book Teach Like a Champion. "The fact is, the degree to which you are warm has no bearing on the degree to which you are strict, and vice versa." Parents and teachers who manage to be both warm and strict seem to strike a resonance with children, gaining their trust along with their respect. — Amanda Ripley

My worst nightmare is being stuck somewhere with nothing to read. — Barbara Kingsolver

It's going to be really emotional to say goodbye. I'm going to find it very difficult. But it must be done, it must be done. — J.K. Rowling

We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders. — J. William Fulbright

I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too. — Yara Shahidi

Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies. — Kristen Schaal

I like to play smart, three-dimensional women. I also like to play roles where the women are a little crazy. I just have a feel for crazy people. — Lili Taylor

Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them. — Charles James Fox