65201 Quotes & Sayings

It must always be best to be alive to Thee, whatever the quickening instrument. — Andrew Bonar

My Botswana books are positive, and I've never really sought to deny that. They are positive. They present a very positive picture of the country. And I think that that is perfectly defensible given that there is so much written about Africa which is entirely negative. — Alexander McCall Smith

We live in strange times now when many of us don't provide anything of real value anymore. Until — Aranya

There is no randomness about your life. Here and Now comprise the coordinates of your daily life. — Sarah Young

I like smudgy black eyes and pale lips for evening. Red lipstick looks great on other girls, but it's too much on me. — Saffron Aldridge

Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your roots. Family is a tree, the strength of a tree, the roots, the leaves, the past and the present, the future, the fruits, the seeds. — Esai Morales

One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire. — John Dewey

It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank. — Virginia Gildersleeve

Hilary says to her sister, "You can't eat only pie for lunch." "Just watch me." Lily plucks her ukulele out of the tote bag at her feet and strums it, singing, "Pie is fine. It's very nice/ Especially with lots of spice/ Like cinnamon and ginger too/ My sis would like it, but she's a poo." "Oh, well, that's brilliant," Hilary says. "Taylor Swift must be looking over her shoulder. — Claire LaZebnik

No matter how bright the light is, you won't find your keys by searching under a lamppost if that's not where you lost them. — Erik Brynjolfsson And Andrew McAfee

Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better. — William S. Burroughs

Overcompensating or being too eager to please will lessen a man's
respect; it will give the kiss of death to his attraction, — Sherry Argov

You know-portraits are odd things." "How do you figure?" I asked. "Well at the time, that portrait told the whole story. It told the truth. We were a family-a happy family. Now that same portrait just looks like a lie. — Brian Joyce

I came in several times and spoke, but perhaps you were asleep when I thought you were awake.'
'You are very considerate to explain it this way,' Sugreeva said, 'but I was drunk — R.K. Narayan