Decoratively Patterned Quotes & Sayings

Don't say that," he said harshly. Rowan studied Lily for a long time. "Do you know what it means to be a survivor? It means that not only do you have to live through things, you have to live with them as well. The second part is much harder and sometimes it takes the rest of your life to learn how to do it. But at least you have the rest of your life, Lily. And that's what's important to me."
"Oh, I'm alive," she said ruefully, "Even if I am damaged."
"You'll heal," Rowan replied confidently. — Josephine Angelini

I'm trying not to move, it's just your ghost passing through — Tori Amos

We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression. — Johnny Ramone

If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally. — Gijs De Vries

I pray that on this day [Christmas] when only peace and good-will are preached to mankind, better thoughts may fill the hearts of our enemies and turn them to peace. — Robert E.Lee

Demonstrate ROI. In this approach, you gather and analyze data to prove that a usability change you've made resulted in cost savings or additional revenue ("Changing the label on this button increased sales by 0.25%"). There's an excellent book about it: Cost-justifying Usability: An Update for the Internet Age, edited by Randolph Bias and Deborah Mayhew. — Steve Krug

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy. — Aaron McGruder

Unfortunately, the suit is so stiff, I can't do this with two hands, but I'm going to try a little sand-trap shot here. — Alan Shepard

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Everybody must be focused on cultivating their own territory — Sunday Adelaja

Good stories are not written. They are rewritten. — Phyllis A. Whitney

Friends, we live in a caffeine world. We think in a caffeine way and we live caffeine lives. — Caitlin Moran

And so man, as existing transcendence abounding in and surpassing toward possibilities, is a creature of distance. Only through the primordial distances he establishes toward all being in his transcendence does a true nearness to things flourish in him. — Martin Heidegger

One of the most important reasons for North Korea continuing its nuclear ambitions is to consolidate the power to stay within the Kim Jong Il family. — Lee Myung-bak

These visions which I saw were not in sleep nor in dreams, nor in my imagination nor by bodily eyes or outward ears nor in a hidden place; but in watching, aware with the pure eyes of the mind and inner ear of the heart. — Hildegard Of Bingen