Crush 1993 Quotes & Sayings

There was something to what he said, for it was true that the people I met on the job were generally much older than me, with a set of concerns and demands that created barriers to friendship. When I wasn't working, the weekends would usually find me alone in an empty apartment, making do with the company of books. I — Barack Obama

The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines. — Leonard Cohen

There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher. — Pat Conroy

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time. — Lyndon B. Johnson

The Essentials of English, book of choice of the older boys at St. Faith's for spanking the younger boys with, leaving a particular broad-natured pain ever afterwards associated with grammar. — Ali Smith

It's funny how things slip away, pieces of us, even. — Kristin Hannah

He was born with a weakness he didn't know about. — J.K. Rowling

Even though [bullying] doesn't actually raise your stature, it might make you feel that way. — Rib Hillis

My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending. — Jack Whitehall

The relentlessness with which these women tried to repair their relationships was foreign to me; I didn't understand why they didn't simply give up. — Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Believing God isn't a book or a Bible study. It's a lifestyle. — Beth Moore

Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance. — Yao Ming

I'm open to starting restaurants anywhere as long as the produce that's readily available is high quality. For example, I'm never doing a restaurant in Shanghai because I saw the produce available there, and it's just not good. I won't do a restaurant in Moscow for the same reason. — Joel Robuchon

Those who know the normal life of the poor ... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having. — Harold Laski