Bownik Quotes & Sayings

When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn't know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it. — Beyonce Knowles

ominous murmur ran through the legion of onlookers, who had heretofore maintained an uncharacteristic silence. Their resentment was palpable. Five days later Coligny was assassinated, and the streets of Paris ran with blood as the entire Huguenot wedding party was hunted down and slaughtered in one of the most infamous episodes in French history, known today as the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre. But this horrific mass murder, which claimed more than five thousand martyrs over the course of a week, was no spontaneous bloodletting. Rather, it was the denouement of a carefully constructed plot that utilized the unsuspecting Margot as both victim and bait to lure Coligny and his faction to their doom, an intrigue planned, instigated, and executed by the one individual in France powerful enough — Nancy Goldstone

I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone ... I think, myself, that it is an obscenity ... — Desmond Tutu

She wanted to breathe him in, hold tight until they'd lost track of where one ended and the other began. — Terri Osburn

What is the politically correct term for 'retarded'?""I think the words you're fishing for are 'mentally disabled.' And no. I'm not mentally disabled. — Rachel Gibson

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. — Robert Anthony

Acting is a very important thing for me, and I love doing it. But when I'm acting, I spend 14 hours a day and months a time being someone else. When I'm singing, I just get to be me. — Jennifer Love Hewitt

Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron. — Eoin Colfer

Your job is to keep making progress in claiming the life you want to live, one day at a time, one choice at a time. — Anonymous

The sun rose reluctantly, without warmth. — Robert Jordan

My body's in such bad shape I wear prescription underwear. — Phyllis Diller