85383 Quotes & Sayings

Nature seems to have taken a particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different regions of the world, with an eye to their mutual intercourse and traffic among mankind, that the nations of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of dependence upon one another and be united together by their common interest. — Joseph Addison

Although the company that eats at Jehovah's table is as countless as the stars of heaven, yet each one has his own portion. Think — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Lindy Hoppers never die - they just swing out. — Frankie Manning

I saw our future together compressed into a moment; our faces changing, desire having to cope and reinvent itself at each new stratum of familiarity; I saw the gradual dissolution of mutual mystery and romance, its succession by friendship and a sort of tranquil and supernatural loyalty; I felt - with great lightness of being - the bearability of the idea of death, if the life preceding it was bloodily commingled (in children) with hers. A humble little truth: build a truly good life and it will reward you with mastery of the fear of death. It was simple. Having committed to the building of a marriage and family, all sorts of truths came forward and offered themselves. — Glen Duncan

One knows one's done one's job as a parent properly if one's children reject everything one stands for. — Glenda Jackson

Religion is a way of walking, not a way of talking. — William Inge

Non-reading is not just the absence of reading. It is a genuine activity, one that consists of adopting a stance in relation to the immense tide of books that protects you from drowning. On that basis, it deserves to be defended and even taught. — Pierre Bayard

I'm not very comfortable with what people sometimes say or think about me - things I don't feel responsible for. — Michael Schumacher

A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.' — Joyce Carol Oates

My first impression of those people, founded on face and manner alone, was invariably true. My mistake was in suffering them to come nearer to me and explain themselves away. — Charles Dickens

You should impact the greatest amount of people that you can in your life. — Gary W. Goldstein