Carister Quotes & Sayings

I have a big thing about needing to know that I belong - in my group of friends, in my family, in my industry. — Jenny Slate

I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books. — Jan Karon

If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

He leaned in, seeming flustered. I'll kill him if he touches you. — Jamie McGuire

It is often found that modesty and humility not only do no good, but are positively hurtful, when they are shown to the arrogant who have taken up a prejudice against you, either from envy or from any other cause. — Niccolo Machiavelli

As nature has uncovered from under this hard shell the seed for which she most tenderly cares - the propensity and vocation to free thinking - this gradually works back upon the character of the people, who thereby gradually become capable of managing freedom; finally, it affects the principles of government, which finds it to its advantage to treat men, who are now more than machines, in accordance with their dignity. — Immanuel Kant

The infinite distance between the mind & the body is a symbol of the distance that is infinitely more, between the intellect & love, for love is divine. — Blaise Pascal

My speed is something that has made a difference to my whole career. When I've felt quick and I'm moving well, it makes a huge difference to my entire game. When I feel a bit slower, I end up doing a lot more defending. When I'm a bit quicker to the ball, I feel I can attack a lot more. — Andy Murray

I couldn't wait to start the day. — Gerald R. Ford

She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly. — Kate Chopin

Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air;
And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair;
And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome;
But when it comes to living, there is no place like home. — Henry Van Dyke

There was definitely a period when I just felt out of sync with earth. — Judd Apatow

America loves to pray, God knows. America prays and prays and prays, it is the land of unchained prayer, and all this ceremonial praying is hard on Billy. — Ben Fountain

Stories migrate secretly. The assumption that whatever we now believe is just common sense, or what we always knew, is a way to save face. It's also a way to forget the power of a story and of a storyteller, the power in the margins, and the potential for change. — Rebecca Solnit

When you're in a crisis of, you know, tremendous proportions, it's beyond any human capability to control, you just make the best decisions you can, and you just hope that your intuition is correct. — Rudy Giuliani