Americanisms Quotes & Sayings

Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury; the time spent engaged in it is not time that could be better spent in more formal educational pursuits. Play is a necessity. — Kay Redfield Jamison

We gave you a perfectly good language and you f***ed up. — Stephen Fry

Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels. — B.K.S. Iyengar

As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him. — Akhenaton

I find I'm an old soul. — Rachel Roy

Beer bottles, whiskey bottles, brown glass, green. They fell to the lawn and I'd feel serene. Adam was king to my stilted queen. — Kate Bernheimer

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses. — Keith Henson

Only a few moments in life have paved the road we're on. What we choose to do between those moments will ultimately shape our destiny. — Charles F. Glassman

Sometimes,' he whispered at last, 'sometimes, I dream I am singing, and I wake from it with my throat aching.'
He couldn't see her face, or the tears that prickled at the corners of her eyes.
'What do you sing?' she whispered back. She heard the shush of the linen pillow as he shook his head.
'No song I've ever heard, or know,' he said softly. 'But I know I'm singing it for you. — Diana Gabaldon

The good thing about Dennis [ Mathis] is, even though he's a white, he respected that I was doing something quirky with my English. He loved it when I would mix up the Americanisms and say, "That's water over the dam." — Sandra Cisneros

It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and so the metaphor of the ivory tower developed. Now there's still this idea that the reader doesn't take part in the social game and in politics, the res publica, but for other reasons: he doesn't do it because he's not making any money. — Alberto Manguel

I never needed the Society to Match me. — Ally Condie

He framed a question inwardly to his vanity: 'Will this be tougher than I thought? — Soseki Natsume

In rock climbing, people get strong enough, and then they pick goals they can do with their strengths at that moment. — Tommy Caldwell

Ignore what you don't like. Insist what u need. — T.A