Applicability Synonym Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes it takes a little chaos for things to work themselves out. When we make it through the chaos, we can use it to shape the world around us into something better than it was before — Kiersten White

Gaining satisfaction through accomplishments is and will always be a slippery slope, because there will come a time when you realize you have accomplished all that is within your power to accomplish in the realm of good, and will have nowhere else to turn but to the realms of greed and powerlust to find the satisfaction you crave. — A.J. Darkholme

Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter. — Saadi

But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that. — Edna Ferber

Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything. — Margaret Thatcher

After so long keeping to herself and tending her secret quietly, all these words just bubbled up out of her her like cool golden champagne. — Catherynne M Valente

I just drank a fifth of vodka, dare me to drive? — Eminem

If there is any God in this world, He lives in a theatre. — Kathe Koja

O my good lord, that comfort comes too late,
'Tis like a pardon after execution.
That gentle physic, given in time, had cured me;
But now I am past all comforts here but prayers. — William Shakespeare

The Devil sends the precipices; God sends the bridges! When you come across a precipice, look for the bridge; it is somewhere there! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is nothing that in the end, cannot be forgiven, — Vladimir Jankelevitch

It is reported that President Brigham Young once said that he who takes offense when no offense was intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense was intended is usually a fool. It was then explained that there are two courses of action to follow when one is bitten by a rattle snake. One may, in anger, fear, or vengefulness, pursue the creature and kill it. Or he may make full haste to get the venom out of his system. If we pursue the latter we will likely survive, but if we attempt to follow the former, we may not be around long enough to finish it." Marion D. Hank s, in Conference Report, Oct. 1973, 16; or "The Ultimate Form of Love," Ensign, Jan. 1974, 20. — Charles R. Hobbs