48236 Quotes & Sayings

I'm a grown man. I ain't got time for all that 'you say, she say.' — Timbaland

Together and separately, we as speakers disproved another description used to disqualify feminists: that we were all "whitemiddleclass," a phrase used by the media then (and academics who believe those media clippings now) as if it were a single adjective to describe the women's movement. In fact, the first-ever nationwide poll of women's opinions on issues of gender equality showed that African American women were twice as likely as white women to support them.8 If the poll had included Latinas, Asian Americans, Native Americans, — Gloria Steinem

The moon has set
And the Pleiades.
Midnight.
I lie in bed alone. — Sappho

I realized that I'll phase back again and this state of elation I have when I'm with you will be over. I'm not ready for it to end. As amazing as all of this is, it's not complete. I'm so limited on the time we do have that I try to live each moment when we're together. I never know when it's gonna be our last. — Nicole Gulla

one could not attain greater personal excellence without also paving the way for everyone else in society to attain it as well. — Christopher Phillips

Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically. — Tamsin Greig

Orderliness needs to be mixed with a dose of reasonable disorder. — Vadim Zeland

It is possible for any man, by good deeds, to enshrine himself as a Saint in the hearts of the people. — L. Frank Baum

It seems to me that this is the method that must guide the actions of the Negro in the present crisis in race relations. Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system. The Negro must work passionately and unrelentingly for full stature as a citizen, but he must not use inferior methods to gain it. He must never come to terms with falsehood, malice, hate, or destruction. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Change the size of your dreams if that's what's keep you static. Go for bigger dreams, but start in a small way. See the bigger picture and live by the desire to become excellent! — Israelmore Ayivor

Did John fuck you up with relationships?" Tom asked now. "I don't know, T. I never really thought about it." "But he was your first, last, and only one, right?" "Yeah, he was." Much in the way Remy's dad was Tommy's. — S.E. Jakes

The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk. — Michael Morell

It's a blessing to be a part of television shows that were, to a certain extent, staples in a lot of people's lives and as far as their entertainment lives. — Kim Fields

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality. — Woodrow Wilson

It strikes me that although we occasionally carp about Having To Suffer, and moan about never producing real Art, and become despondent or try too hard to compensate, we are indulging in our usual trick of synthesizing something to worry about, and should really be thanking ourselves that we live the life we do. We may think ourselves parasites, complain about Mind-generated tales, and long for 'genuine' feelings, 'real' emotion, but we are missing the point, and indeed making a work of art ourselves in imagining such an uncomplicated existence is even possible. We have the best of it. — Iain M. Banks