7726 Quotes & Sayings

If, for my sins, or by my good fortune, I come across some giant hereabouts, a common occurrence with knights-errant, and overthrow him in one onslaught, or cleave him asunder to the waist, or, in short, vanquish and subdue him, will it not be well to have some one I may send him to as a present, that he may come in and fall on his knees before my sweet lady, and in a humble, submissive voice say, 'I am the giant Caraculiambro, lord of the island of Malindrania, vanquished in single combat by the never sufficiently extolled knight Don Quixote of La Mancha, who has commanded me to present myself before your Grace, that your Highness dispose of me at your pleasure'? — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

It's not the failures in our life that define us, it's the moments when we decide that getting back up is all that matters — Joel Brown

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think. — Naveen Andrews

I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or you work in a factory in Alabama, and young journalists. — Jayson Blair

I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it. — Nachman Of Breslov

It's a reflex. Hear a bell, get food. See an undead, throw a knife. Same thing, really. — Ilona Andrews

Setbacks are what build character. They are what separate the lucky from the truly successful. — Cherie Carter-Scott

The money has to go to the federal government because the federal government will spend that money better than the private sector will spend it. — Hillary Clinton

(Honestly, Raniero, are we the only noble-born Vladescus who would know, for certain, that Bluetooth is not some dread, vampire-specific disorder involving lack of oxygen to the gums? I fear it is true.) — Beth Fantaskey

He also said that he marvelled that among the Greeks, those who were skilful in a thing contend together; but those who have no such skill act as judges of the contest. — Diogenes Laertius

Just look inside and you will find just what you can do. — Herman Cain

May knowledge come to us! What is this secret our heart has understood and yet will not reveal to us, although it seems to beat as if it were endeavoring to tell it? — Ayn Rand

You may think I'm brave. But in the eyes of many people back in my country I am a coward. They think, this man gave so much freedom to his daughter, he broke all the traditions of our society. — Ziauddin Yousafzai

It is not difficult to be unhappy or discontented; all you have to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused ... It is impossible to be happy if one does not have the desire to be happy; one must therefore will one's happiness, and create it. — Emile Chartier

Poetry is concerned not just with the meaning of experience, but with the experience of meaning. — Terry Eagleton