91208 Quotes & Sayings

You are never called upon to prove a negative. that's a law of logic. — Ayn Rand

It is accepted science that God himself gave the French the gift of their cuisine, and while he was downstairs, cursed the English with theirs. — Christopher Moore

The city of Jahilia is built entirely of sand, its structures formed of the desert whence it rises. It is a sight to wonder at: walled, four-gated, the whole of it a miracle worked by its citizens, who have learned the trick of transforming the fine white dune-sand of those forsaken parts, - the very stuff of inconstancy, - the quintessence of unsettlement, shifting, treachery, lack-of-form, - and have turned it, by alchemy, into the fabric of their newly invented permanence. — Salman Rushdie

I tend to wear outfits that match the walls. — Debra Winger

Love is the ultimate coach. Do what you love, let love guide you, and let love inspire you. — Robert Holden

Being a mother by far is my favorite and most important career. — Jenni Rivera

History shows that when the taxes of a nation approach about 20 percent of the people's income, there begins to be a lack of respect for government ... When it reaches 25 percent, there comes an increase in lawlessness. — Ronald Reagan

I needed coffee, two coffees, a bite to eat. — Charles Bukowski

I have news for you, there is no Superman (it's up to us.) — Tom Mboya

She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable. — Neil Gaiman

The stirring incidents of the last few months had spoiled her; the monotony of the last few weeks had bored her; and now she had just rode out in quest of adventures. — E.D.E.N. Southworth

After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us. — Rose Schneiderman

In my lifetime I have seen democracy begin to expand, not only to include those who have been excluded, but to provide a listening arena, a vocabulary, an intelligent reception for stories that have been buried. Not just stories of the disenfranchised and the marginalized, but marginalized and disenfranchised histories even in the lives of the accepted and the privileged. — Susan Griffin