Chiung Yao Quotes & Sayings

I think it's this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences. — Katherine Boo

When winter first begins to bite and stones crack in the frosty night, when pools are black and trees are bare, 'tis evil in the Wild to fare. — J.R.R. Tolkien

This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the nation, is as old as Western civilization itself. But it is a knowledge which today, in America, we are in danger of forgetting. — John F. Kennedy

We don't punish criminals in our enlightened age, we cure 'em; and the cure is worse than punishment. — Alfred Bester

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Receiving love is great. Giving love is even better. — Art Hochberg

There's a natural instinct embedded in friendship, a sympathy that makes us willing to fight for someone we like when they are treated unjustly. — Charles Duhigg

Outlandish lyrics sung by smiling people in perfect harmony. Has that edge of surprise ... a little nuts and really funny. — Mick LaSalle

It's old, very old I think. Made up long ago in our hills. What my music teacher calls a mountain air. But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece of time we call today. — Suzanne Collins