Asides Examples Quotes & Sayings

Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit. — William J. Clinton

In his greediness, he counts all that he has clutched as nothing in comparison with what is beyond his grasp, and loses all pleasure in his actual possessions by longing after what he has not, yet covets. — Bernard Of Clairvaux

The best-dressed women I know pay very little attention to the picayune aspects of fashion, but they have a sound understanding of style. — Amy Vanderbilt

-Elves never make any major decision until they have thought the matter over for at least a year or two, gone round to all their friends and relatives and discussed the problem, done research, read tomes, consulted the sages.
-And what happens then?
- By then they've usually forgotten what it was they meant to do in the first place. — Margaret Weis

If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death? — Confucius

The welfare of a people lies not in casting other peoples down but in peaceful collaboration. — Ludwig Von Mises

What is the fundamental hypothesis of science, the fundamental philosophy? We stated it in the first chapter: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment ... If we are told that the same experiment will always produce the same result, that is all very well, but if when we try it, it does not, then it does not. We just have to take what we see, and then formulate all the rest of our ideas in terms of our actual experience. — Richard P. Feynman

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical. — Harold Laski

The angels taken collectively are called heaven, for they constitute heaven; and yet that which makes heaven in general and in particular is the Divine that goes forth from the Lord and flows into the angels and is received by them. — Emanuel Swedenborg

Patience is part of true Christlikeness, something we so often admire in others without demanding it of ourselves. — Billy Graham

Life is always in the eyes. — Patrick Ness

If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving? — Mario Andretti

I didn't ask for this role, but I'll play it. Now go do your best. Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid. Goethe said that. It's not too late for you to become a person of substance, Russell. Please get my son home safely. You know, I'm glad we spoke. — Elaine Miller

To put it bluntly, if you don't have AD/HD, you do things because they are important. If you have AD/HD, you do things because they are interesting. — Jeffrey Freed