B627 Quotes & Sayings

Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you. — Brie Larson

I was very fortunate to be raised with an 'if not you, then who?' mentality, and I count my blessings every day to have the support of my family and especially my wife. She's got a front-row seat on the roller coaster. — Pete Ploszek

A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight. — Delia Smith

When the Holy Spirit does his work of regeneration in the hearts of men he does not come on them with great powerful feelings and emotions which cannot be resisted. He does not possess men as evil spirits take possession of their victims. — John Owen

Applied mathematics will always need pure mathematics just as anteaters will always need ants. — Paul Halmos

I met a travler from an ancient land. — Gabrielle Zevin

This is a woman who didn't want her viewpoints challenged, nor to see the views of the half of the world that comprises men. Her assumption is that all male authors are sexist and that their books distort the views of women....that's bigoted and despicable: the form of feminism that sees men as the enemy from the outset, and seeks to reinforce that prejudice by reading only books that keep her in her safe space.....The future, in both life and books, is men and women together, with a mutual understanding that can come only from learning about each other's thoughts. [About Caitlin Moran's sexist statement that girls shouldn't read any books written by men.] — Jerry Coyne

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs ~ Francois Fenelon — Francois Fenelon

My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value of hard work there as I ever did later. — Douglas Preston

I read stuff. Books are not my only friends, but we're friendly. So there. — Maria Dahvana Headley