Community Toolbox Quotes & Sayings

Trying to eliminate worldly temptations
only makes our spiritual growth limited. — Toba Beta

The function of criticism should be to show how it is what it is, even that it is what it is, rather than to show what it means. — Susan Sontag

I may bow down to pressure but I never succumb to it. — Saru Singhal

Anyone can live for themself , but life's worth better living for others. — K. Qasim Ali

I have got the best of both worlds; growing up in Edinburgh and now living outside Glasgow. — Magnus Magnusson

I am so glad that I get to maintain a relatively down-to-earth lifestyle. — Evangeline Lilly

No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to. — Robert Smith

Right now we think that rates will stay low, that you'll be able to get a mortgage below seven percent and that's kicked off a refinance boom that's going to put more money in the pockets of consumers. — Franklin Raines

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald. — James Rollins

Self-esteem is not based on itself. — Mason Cooley

Philosophy cannot and should not give us an account of faith, but should understand itself and know just what it has indeed to offer, without taking anything away, least of all cheating people out of something by making them think it is nothing. — Soren Kierkegaard

Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pass the approval test with her parents. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal. There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe. — Albert Einstein

I was so sleepy (and sore) that another bout of sex was out of the question, unless Eric had suddenly developed an interest in necrophilia. — Charlaine Harris

Sadly, because of our tribal brains, science carries a hefty cost. Treasured ideas that are loved by the community may be left behind, unable to compete with conflicting observations. Admired heroes may be found to have been mistaken. Years of hard work can amount to nothing thanks to a single observation, making a lifetime of effort seem like a waste of time. For our tribal brain, the philosopher's toolbox is full of double-edged knives, capable of cutting away our hopes with the myths. — Mike McRae

You can destroy an enemy in confrontation but to win a friend you have to love. — Debasish Mridha