Cowtailed Quotes & Sayings

Everything seems excessive, now, and too intense, too important. — Judith Guest

A person must try to worry about the things that aren't important, so that he won't worry about the things that are. — Jack Smith

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more. — Jeannette Walls

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we don't want to do it. — Peter Marshall

The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful. — Gautama Buddha

Jesus, I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just going to do it. — John Green

Thomas Sowell is America's foremost public intellectual and for good reason. His work covers almost every subject imaginable- race, economics, Marxism, ethnic groups, immigration patterns, just to name a few. He is persuasive and provocative and always scintillating. I've read all his books and never been even faintly disappointed. Black Rednecks & White Liberals is no exception. — Fred Barnes

He'd never known a girl who was so beautiful and intense at once. — Kass Morgan

Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company. — Bennie Thompson

An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place. — Tony Hillerman

Everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves a second chance, — Mo'ne Davis

I'd really like to go with you, Agachak. Truly I would ... but I just can't."
"I don't understand. Why not?"
"I'm not allowed to leave home. My mother'd punish me something awful if I did ... "
"But you're the king."
"That doesn't change a thing. I still do what mother says. She tells everybody that I'm the best boy ever when it comes to that."
Agachak resisted a powerful urge to change this half-wit into a toad or perhaps a jellyfish. — David Eddings

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. — William James

My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything. — Martha Plimpton

We have been counseled to "seek ... out of the best books words of wisdom." It is pointed out in Proverbs, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom." (Proverbs 4:7.) But in getting wisdom and getting knowledge, above all we should "get understanding." It is important to learn a profession, learn a trade. That applies not only to the young men, but it applies to you young women as well. You girls should place yourselves in a position to be self-supporting and independent in the event that tragedy or an emergency comes, for emergencies have come and will continue to come. — Henry D. Taylor