Bergelson Nytimes Quotes & Sayings

You don't get to set me on fire and leave me like a pile of ashes. — Nina G. Jones

There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves. — James Harvey Robinson

The more things that can bring you joy in life, the better — Dennis Prager

My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad. — Steve Alford

The next thing she knew, he was shaking her gently by the shoulder. "Eve." "What!" Her eyes popped open. "I wasn't sleeping. I was thinking." "Yes, I could hear you thinking." "If that's some smart-ass way of saying I was snoring, bite me. — J.D. Robb

During the late war I had an infallible rule for deciding what Great Britain would do on every occasion. It was, to consider what they ought to do, and to take the reverse of that as what they would assuredly do, and I can say with truth that I was never deceived. — Thomas Jefferson

Two sources of success are known: wisdom and effort; make them both thine own, if thou wouldst haply rise. — Magha

I write back to all the soldiers who write to me and send them posters and calendars. — Brooke Burke

People's eyes are blobs of jelly. That's what the medic told me one I'd lost my right eye. But her eyes? Her eyes were limitless, like the night sky. Her gaze dissolved into space, as though all human experience could be found in her glassy eyes. I — Fran Seen

You are lovable. Can you show me any baby in any nursery who isn't priceless? No. There's no such thing as a worthless newborn. And the essential value that was born into brand-new-baby you can never be extinguished. This means that even if you think you're being absolutely honest, believing yourself to be anything other than astonishing, incomparable, and infinitely precious makes you a habitual liar. — Martha Beck

Beauty and strength were, both of them, much esteemed; Then wealth was discovered and soon after gold Which quickly became more honoured than strength or beauty. For men, however strong or beautiful, Generally follow the train of a richer man. — Lucretius

The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice. — John Dos Passos

Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one. — Edith Stein

I'm not here for the money; I'm here for the souls. — Margaret Aranda

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility. — Dorothy Height