Cute Porch Quotes & Sayings

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist. — Franz Liszt

Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst — William Shakespeare

Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer. — Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance. — Sydney J. Harris

I was the girl he had chosen to kiss. He wanted, somehow to set me free. He didn't want to burn my photo or toss it away, but he didn't want to look at me anymore, either. — Alice Sebold

I was just getting out of a shootaround in Milwaukee when I found out. I took out my insoles (from my shoes) and I was out of there. — Dan McCarney

But sometimes in my reading I would discover new insights or have seemingly profound thoughts that would change my way of thinking. — Amy Harmon

The point of learning about history is so we can improve the future. — Susane Colasanti

It's hard to run away from who you are, and when your taste is formed is a very important thing. — James Gray

I can't begin to predict how news will be delivered to readers in, say, 100 years. But I do know one thing that hasn't changed: Whatever the delivery system, whether it's a magazine, book or blog, people like vivid writing, strong stories and credible people. So while the venue is changing rapidly, human nature isn't, which I find soothing. — Anna Quindlen

90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication. — Dale Carnegie

I thank to all the shadows and all the darknesses of my life; it is owing to them that I now love the light much more than ever before! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Frank, hunched against a bastard wind knifing in off the Irish Sea, isn't sure at first where the sound is coming from. It's barely light and a soft insistent hiss sits below the whining gale, like white-noise feedback at song's end. He leans a little closer and realises the source is sand rattling against the charred skin stretched tom-tom tight across the dead man's face. — Ed Chatterton

He shrugs. We were young back then and swept up in the excitement that we could throw out the old ways and rebuild the world. I'm older now and understand. Our plans weren't thorough enough back then. This time they are. — Richard Kadrey