August Birthstone Quotes & Sayings

During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames. — Michelle Malkin

She had one of those charming faces which, according to the angle from which you see them, look either melancholy or impertinent. Her eyes were grey; her trick of narrowing them made her seem to reflect, the greater part of the time, in the dusk of her second thoughts. With that mood, that touch of arriere pensee, went an uncertain, speaking set of lips. — Elizabeth Bowen

Adversity will do something too you or for you ... — Napoleon Hill

Push the needle into some middle range of guarded optimism. — Ron Suskind

Carpe Diam forever after. — Jean Ferris

Human has the ability to believe in something wrong as if it is true. — Toba Beta

Tom Walls and his cohort are wolves in sheep's clothing who will besmirch the memory of some genuine historic figures by the next full moon. — Dionne Warwick

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue. — Francis Quarles

Tragic experience indicates that the most sacred obligations are utterly disregarded when their observance means losing the war. — Kirby Page

It was troubling that one of the few people she trusted was a man she spent so much time avoiding — Stieg Larsson

One measures oncoming old age by its deepening of Proust, and its deepening by Proust. How to read a novel? Lovingly, if it shows itself capable of accomodating one's love; and jealously, because it can become the image of one's limitations in time and space, and yet can give the Proustian blessing of more life. — Harold Bloom

Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard. — Cameron Mackintosh

Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. — Sinbad

A Jesus girl who rises up and unexpectedly gives grace when she surely could have done otherwise reveals the power and the mystery of Christ at work - in her life and in the world. — Lysa TerKeurst

If you can kill animals, the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars. — Satish Kumar