47129 Quotes & Sayings

With short stories, you can always see the whole, but it's just so hard to get everything you want into that small form. — Rebecca Makkai

If you hate violence and don't believe in politics, the only major remedy remaining is education. — George Orwell

Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers. — Laura Schlessinger

Nature does not ask permission. Blossom and birth whenever you feel like it. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

In its character, therefore, the Sabbath is not cessation from activity but cessation from a particular kind of activity - namely, the six-day labor that is intrinsically good but has suffered the curse after the fall. God did not rest because he was tired; rather, it was the rest of completion, the rest of a king who has taken his throne. Representing the consummation, this sabbatical pattern was the way not only of hoping for the new creation but of experiencing it and participating in its peace. — Michael S. Horton

nothing is safer
than the sound of you
reading out loud to me

-the perfect date — Rupi Kaur

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. — Hugh Laurie

Kindness rarely costs anything, but its worth is immeasurable. — Debasish Mridha

Shaping the fourth industrial revolution to ensure that it is empowering and human-centered, rather than divisive and dehumanizing, is not a task for any single stakeholder or sector or for any one region, industry or culture. The fundamental and global nature of this revolution means it will affect and be influenced by all countries, economies, sectors and people. It is, therefore, critical that we invest attention and energy in multistakeholder cooperation across academic, social, political, national and industry boundaries. These interactions and collaborations are needed to create positive, common and hope-filled narratives, enabling individuals and groups from all parts of the world to participate in, and benefit from, the ongoing transformations. — Klaus Schwab

Papa loves you with a dying and infernal love," the youngest girl said.
"Undying," the eldest girl corrected. "And eternal. — Martine Leavitt

His body was a freaking masterpiece that could easily turn any girl into a drooling sex addict. — Kendall Ryan

In our time together, you claimed a special place in my heart, one I'll carry with me forever and that no one can ever replace. — Nicholas Sparks

He doesn't stop talking for most of the three-hour flight about his time in "'Nam." Finally the conversation slows, and I ask him what he's done since leaving the army.

He sums it up in three words: "I'm in insurance."

And that's it. That's all he has to say about the following forty years.

I think I may be in a similar situation with the whole marriage bit. Three words: "I got married. — Rick Springfield