Anvelope Quotes & Sayings

We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half. — Mark Twain

I remembered something my mother used to say. "The devil can quote scripture." "And in a pleasing voice," Mrs. Shoplaw agreed moodily. — Stephen King

But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that's what mothers did. — Kiera Cass

I think we have more good players today [2016] than we've ever had in the game of golf. And I think that's saying a lot because we had a lot of good players when I played. I think you had a bit of a lag in there for a while, that Tiger was just so much better than everybody else that he really didn't put anybody in with him. — Jack Nicklaus

I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a little better on our instruments. — David First

The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way. — Virgil

The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb that carries the same meaning that's already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing what - these are the thousand and one adulterants that weaken the strength of a sentence. And they usually occur in proportion to the education and rank. — William Zinsser

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word. — Kevin Kline

The Roman politician and philosopher Cicero once said: 'Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge. — Ha-Joon Chang

All of my past challenges have helped me become who I am today. — Demi Lovato

I know I'm going to get in trouble! — Herman Cain

Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point. — Maggie Smith

My relationship with my mom has really evolved since The Hills. We had a very hard time getting through that, and I didn't talk to her for almost two years, but since then we have learned to get over the past and move forward. — Heidi Montag

Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy, — Mirabeau B. Lamar

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise. — Rutherford B. Hayes