717cu Quotes & Sayings

She said a scholarship was my only hope for a future and lent me her private books for the summer. Whenever I opened one, T. Ray said, 'Who do you think you are, Julius Shakespeare?' The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare's first name, and if you think I should have corrected him, you are ignorant about the art of survival. He also referred to me as Miss Brown-Nose-in-a-Book and occasionally as Miss Emily-Big-Head-Diction. He meant Dickinson, but again, there are things you let go by. — Sue Monk Kidd

Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance. — Alexandre Dumas

You know, women have a history of just being - we've been told all our lives not to say - in the fifties you couldn't say birth or even be pregnant hardly on television - and then gradually things have changed. — Cybill Shepherd

Yeah, I love your hateful messiahs and gods, as I cherish all idiots, and mad dogs. — Fakeer Ishavardas

Chit's tendencies can become pure [transparent] in front of God, but people don't have this knowhow. The easiest solution to purify chit's tendencies is to associate with a person who has the least amount of desires and the ultimate solution to make them pure is the inner visual contemplation (niddidhyasan) of the Vitarag (the enlightened ones who are free of all attachments). — Dada Bhagwan

Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier. — Shana Alexander

You find the most outrageous deviants in the countries with the most authoritarian systems. — Amelie Nothomb

He extended his hand. I gripped it. Whatever I have, you have half.
I let out a breath, feeling emotion wash over me. Same goes for you, brother, I said solemnly. — Mia Sheridan

The goal had been important only for the sake of finding the path to it. — Sten Nadolny

Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend Kath, a stylist, puts me into things I'd never dream of. But my real life is very different. It's very, very home-based - an intense domestic life, that's the core of everything. — Emma Thompson