463 Area Quotes & Sayings

Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience ... is increasingly visual. — Sol Stein

On the breast of that huge Mississippi of falsehood called History, a foam-bell more or less is no consequence. — Matthew Arnold

I've never been terribly interested in why people give, because their motivation is rarely what it seems to be, and it's almost never true altruism. — Donald J. Trump

The existence of poverty is the proof of an unjust and ill-organised society, and our public charities are but the first tardy awakening in the conscience of a robber. — Sri Aurobindo

When we realize and embrace the Lord's will for us, we will love to do it. We won't want to do anything else. It's a passion. — Franklin Graham

I arrived to work on the wrong foot. I was jumpy and agitated, constantly watching the doors. A loud fart would have sent me skyrocketing into orbit. — J.A. Saare

Never give up, Never surrender!!!!!
If you think you can't, then you must, if you must, then you can..Tony Robbins — Paula V. Hardin

Of course every girl wishes she could be one of those pop star babes who wave their hands in the air yelling about being survivors but when love sits on one side of you and loneliness on the other, it's hard to stop the touching and the kissing. — Lisa O'Donnell

The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches are cut too close together for the audience and the actors. — Kenneth Branagh

Father, I am an alien. — Lorna Michaels

I only know that I can't live without flight. Without sky and moist, breathing earth. — Sophie Jordan

Even one word, or certainly one sentence, should be able to describe the basic characteristic that the scene has, or the character has, or the story has. And then you begin to detail that one spine, and you have offshoots from that spine, and it becomes more and more complex, but all of it stems from that one-word, one-line theme, which can give the character, the scene, or the play its uniqueness. — William Shatner

The sound of snapping twigs and crunching footsteps echoed nearer. — Jessica Sorensen

He (Leo) forced his fists to unclench. "Look, lady, we're not going all Hunger Games on each other. Isn't going to happen." "But you will win a fabulous honor!" Nike reached into a basket at her side and produced a wreath of thick leaves and laurels. "This crown of leaves could be yours! You can wear it on your head! Think of the glory! — Rick Riordan

(On performing in Costa Rica for the first time) It was like finding some weird tribe in the middle of the jungle and, you know, they all come out and go: "Fear of the Dark. Favorite Album." What?!? — Bruce Dickinson