4160 Quotes & Sayings

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. — George Bernard Shaw

Can you come over to Amberwood? I need you to help me break curfew and escape my dorm."
There were a few moments of silence. "Sage, I've been waiting two months to hear you say those words. You want me to bring a ladder? — Richelle Mead

I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course. — Marianne Faithfull

You made the paper again," Grandma said. "And the phone's been ringing off the hook. Your mother's in the kitchen, ironing."
My mother always irons during times of disaster. Some people drink, some take drugs. My mother irons. — Janet Evanovich

You can dress up a pig, but it's still a pig. — Laura Thalassa

This had happened to him before - in an effort to disappear, he had made himself more conspicuous. — Dave Eggers

George Bush is trying to play it both ways. — Mark Shields

Painting is a mosaic of colors weaved into a seamless whole. — Igor Babailov

Our mistake is in taking this for ultimate reality, like the dreamer thinking that nothing is real except his dream. — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Loving a sailor is not hard, the distance is hard, the sacrafices are hard, but loving him ... THATS THE EASIEST THING I HAVE DONE ... — Na

Nothing disfigures the intellectual's public
performance as much as trimming, careful silence, patriotic bluster, and retrospective and self-dramatizing apostasy. — Edward Said