Denotation Examples Quotes & Sayings

I know a lot of people who are philosophers and they sit by the river and talk about what that underwater world might look like. And I'll say 'Dive in, man, and go see it. Swim around. You'll be okay. — Stana Katic

No one makes me do anything I don't want to do. — Whitney Houston

How can this full, perfect, just and supreme voice of the people, embodied in the Constitution, be brought to bear, habitually and steadily, in counteracting the fatal tendency of the government to the absolute and despotic control of the numerical majority? — John C. Calhoun

I don't believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen to very good people and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But at least if you try to do good things, then you're spending your time doing something worthwhile. — Helen Mirren

Religion folks, is open to interpretation. And how YOU interpret the message you find in your religion says a lot about YOU. — Christina Engela

I want to be one of those moms and women that when I look back, I know that I always stayed focused. — Ciara

Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and the historical novel is often seen as the unwanted stepchild in the fictional family. I know even more about respect - or the lack thereof - because I live in New Jersey. — Sharon Kay Penman

The average American consumes ten pounds of chemical additives a year. — Rick Warren

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they are not on your road does not mean they have gotten lost. — Jackson Browne

Morning mists skulked over the river. — Jane Wilson-Howarth