Elementaire Beleefdheid Quotes & Sayings

If every word or device that achieved currency were immediately authenticated, simply on the grounds of popularity, the language would be as chaotic as a ball game with no foul lines — William Strunk Jr.

We are now living in a fast paced technological era where every skill that we teach our children becomes obsolete in the 10 to 15 years due to exponentially growing technological advances. — Naveen Jain

Sex is great, if you are in a relationship. Otherwise, I find sex actually not so interesting. Without a relationship it is confusing. — Tom Cruise

There will be no equity without solidarity. There will be no justice without a social movement. — Joia Mukherjee

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible. — Geraldine Ferraro

I can't say that you should extract this or that value from my books explicitly. They are up for interpretation. In terms of the obligation, I think we're all individuals on this planet, trying to scratch our way through the day, and if you're writing a book exposing atrocities in Rwanda or writing a murder mystery set in a mountain village, I think both ways of spending you time are valid and both books are probably fine to read. — Colson Whitehead

Some say we can't choose who we fall in love with; love chooses us. Sometimes people fall for the complete antithesis of everything they believe they're looking for. — Alexandra Adornetto

You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you. — Nirmala Srivastava

In trench warfare five things are important: firewood, food, tobacco, candles, and the enemy. In winter on the Zaragoza front they were important in that order, with the enemy a bad last — George Orwell

'Hope and change' has become a cliche in our nation, and it is daunting to think that any American could hope for change from what God has blessed. — Billy Graham

I give in, and I step into him, letting my forehead press deep into the center of his chest as I bring my limp arms around him, my fingers gripping the fabric of his shirt on the back. His chin slowly falls to the top of my head and his own arms circle me tentatively at first, until finally they lock around me, his palms sliding in slow tender circles along my skin. I'm overcome with his strength and the feel of his embrace, and I do something that I regret the moment it starts.
I cry. — Ginger Scott

Only consider at what price you sell your own will: if for no other reason, at least for this, that you sell it not for a small sum. — Epictetus

Lucifer, oh Lucifer, God of evil, you're the god of pain, the darkness is where you find your light. — Ludacris

High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game. — Jim Bouton