Contextualising Quotes & Sayings

Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey. — Robin Hobb

I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it. — Alan Rickman

The human race doesn't need more books telling them what to do. They need the power to do what they already know. — Timothy Keller

I spent years thinking I had to make a choice between being true to myself and being with a man and not having a family, and trying to live something of a lie and being with a woman and having children ... — Andrew Solomon

You are or become what you think you are — Sunday Adelaja

We stepped out gaily on a carpet of flowers, little imagining the abyss beneath — Louis Philippe De Segur

in Chicago in 1893. While they introduced the American people to such new words as reincarnation, nirvana, and Karma, the new religions also echoed the creed of self-reliance that had been an article of faith in American religion and culture for almost a century. — George Pendle

Serviceis love in action, love "made flesh"; service is the body, the incarnation of love. Love is the impetus, service the act, and creativity the result with many by-products. — Sarah-Patton Boyle

Winning is all in the attitude! — Denis Waitley

There is no record in the Bible of a weak man falling. — Johnny Hunt

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance. — Dan Rather