Bornandraised Quotes & Sayings

A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all. — Sarah Dessen

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. — William Glasser

Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades. — James Lovelock

I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die. — Charles De Gaulle

Western parents worry a lot about their children's self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem is to let them give up. On the flip side, there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't. — Amy Chua

He moved very quickly to her and put his arms around her. And there was hunger and eagerness in his body and in his face.
"Not angry," he said. "No, not angry. And still, angry."
He stroked her cheek.
"Angry at time when you were away. Angry at time. Irritated with the minutes when you aren't with me."
"I like that," she said. "It's good to be missed. I came back as soon as I could. It's good to be away a little. Then I know how well and strongly I love you."
He strained her tight to him.
"I get frightened," he said. "My mind plays games, it whispers that you don't exist, it sneers that you'd gone away, it whines to me that there's no Mordeen. It's a cruel and mischievous game. — John Steinbeck

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that anybody may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country! — Benjamin Franklin

One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance. — Stephen Hawking

There are few things so tender as a man's dignity. — Robin Hobb

The great pagan sadness of modern man is largely due to his premonition of ultimate disaster. — Francis Stuart Campbell