Crossing Hurdles Quotes & Sayings

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth — Richard M. Nixon

Hard. That was what he looked like. That was what you first noticed about him: a hard, chiselled face, like that that of some ancient Greek statue. — Robert Thier

I'm doing all I can to stay afloat in a sea of insanity, but I'm drowning more and more each day. — Courtney Cole

The gap between those who worship different gods is not so wide as the gap between those who worship and those who don't. — C.S. Lewis

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath. — Ezra Taft Benson

I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off. — David Axelrod

In a world of seven billion people, where every inch of land has been mapped, much of it developed, and too much of it destroyed, the sea remains the final unseen, untouched, and undiscovered wilderness, the planet's last great frontier. There are no mobile phones down there, no e-mails, no tweeting, no twerking, no car keys to lose, no terrorist threats, no birthdays to forget, no penalties for late credit card payments, and no dog shit to step in before a job interview. All the stress, noise, and distractions of life are left at the surface. The ocean is the last truly quiet place on Earth. — James Nestor

God Is Using Gianna Jessen To Remind The World, That Each Human Being Is Precious To Him. — Mother Teresa

While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil. — Jean Kerr

I'll change the posture of our federal government from being one of the most anti-science administrations in American history to one that embraces science and technology. — Barack Obama

Nice try, sweetheart, but there's no way you're leaving me alone with a barely aware drunk chick. Who knows what she'll accused me of later? This time tomorrow, the cops could show up at my door, and before you know it, I'm rocking an orange jumpsuit, singing "Summer Loving" with a guy named Snake. — Candace Vianna

The Parents, as my mother and father refer to Mr. Finch and Mrs. Finch, are insisting it was an accident, which, I guess, means we're free to mourn him out in the open in a normal, healthy, unstigmatised way. No need to be ashamed or embarrassed since suicide isn't involved. — Jennifer Niven

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. — Oscar Wilde