American Survival Guide Quotes & Sayings

The Emperor and his ministers might dance Western dances and even, in violation of traditional Japanese propriety, smile Western smiles. But their underlying and deadly earnest aim was always to wipe the smiles off European faces. — Niall Ferguson

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid. — Roz Savage

Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs. — Christopher Flavin

I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing. — Tamala Jones

The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid. — W. H. Auden

There is no substitute for kindness in the home. This lesson I learned from my father. He always listened to my mother's advice. As a result, he was a better, wiser, and kinder man. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

Outside, she knew, the sky was speckled with stars. How could anyone number them one by one, as the psalm said? There were too many. The sky was too big. — Lois Lowry

I can't recall ever once having seen the name of a market timer on Forbes' annual list of the richest people in the world. If it were truly possible to predict corrections, you'd think somebody would have made billions by doing it. — Peter Lynch

Our character develops with endurance of every circumstance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When things come to the worse, they generally mend. — Susanna Moodie

She had a tattoo on the inside: the letters SPQR, a crossed sword and torch, and under that, four parallel lines like score marks. — Rick Riordan

When I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off. — Vanna White

I would write a thousand foolish things that one might be to the point, if only it might make us praise God more. — Teresa Of Avila