Biblioth Que Et Archives Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps he had been waiting all along for someone to knock him down and allow him to drop the weight he'd so faithfully carried. — Simon Van Booy

It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life
a positive life, a happy life. — Laura Bush

None meets harm who knows his capacity. — Idries Shah

Society functions in a way much more interesting than the multiple-choice pattern we have been rewarded for succeeding at in school. Success in life comes not from the ability to choose between the four presented answers, but from the rather more difficult and painfully acquired ability to formulate the questions. — David Mamet

Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight. — Chuck Yeager

True ideas lead us into useful verbal and conceptual quarters as well as directly up to useful sensible termini. They lead to consistency, stability and flowing human intercourse. — William James

I choose what to wear depending on how I feel and what I'm comfortable in. That's when you look your best. — Cat Deeley

From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient. From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility. From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful. From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise. And sometimes, from their envy of each other's special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve. — Adele Faber

Death is the end of every worldly pain. — Geoffrey Chaucer

A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within. — Frederick Lenz