Book Anthem Quotes & Sayings

According, therefore, as this produce, or what is purchased with it, bears a greater or smaller proportion to the number of those who are to consume it, the nation will be better or worse supplied with all the necessaries and conveniencies for which it has occasion. — Adam Smith

I will never forget that the passing down of memories is the strongest link in the gossamer bridge that binds up as people. I plan to devote my live to doing just that. And if you've taught me anything, it's that what we hold in our hearts is truly the fierest component of our humanity. — David Baldacci

For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the human race. — Ellsworth Huntington

Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones. — Ben Hogan

I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself. — Byron Katie

Sometimes I wonder if we're all a little like Harold (a rooster). Real life carries on around us while we strut around in our own yards, thinking we're the ones in charge of things. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

When we go somewhere in New York, I'm known as Mr. Savini. — Jimmy Webb

How can you ricochet from a moment where you are on top of the world to one where you are crawling at rock bottom — Jodi Picoult

He watched, somewhat fascinated as she swished a slice of bacon through the pool of syrup. His steely-minded cop had the appetite of a five-year-old. — J.D. Robb

This is deeply disturbing. Congress provided loans to help businesses hurt by the Sept. 11 attacks, not to be used as an accounting gimmick to cover up this administration's failure to provide for small businesses. — John F. Kerry

To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance. — Pat Conroy

I want lots of kids and I want a garden and I hope to stay married to my husband. I hope to be working in some way that fulfils me. — Jemima Kirke

My existence began the day you were created and was realized the day we met. — Crystal Woods

Textbooks in American history stand in sharp contrast to other teaching materials. Why are history textbooks so bad? Nationalism is one of the culprits. Textbooks are often muddled by the conflicting desires to promote inquiry and to indoctrinate blind patriotism. "Take a look in your history book, and you'll see why we should be proud" goes an anthem often sung by high school glee clubs. But we need not even look inside. — James W. Loewen

I wish that being famous helped prevent me from being constipated. — Marvin Gaye

our belief is that our Brand, our Culture, and our Pipeline (which we internally refer to as "BCP") are the only competitive advantages that we will have in the long run. Everything else can and will eventually be copied. — Tony Hsieh