Emphasising Quotes & Sayings

Name ten songs you want to hear again before you die, get all of your friends together and scream them. Because right now all you have is time, but someday that time will run out. That's the only thing you can be absolutely certain about. — Paul Baribeau

And when I think there are people around me who complain they can't find anything good to read. What nonsense ... every month you and I discover a masterpiece. — Laurence Cosse

The English writer, Charles Lamb, said one day: "I hate that man." "But you don't know him." "Of course, I don't," said Lamb. "Do you think I could possibly hate a man I know?" — Charles Lamb

No man is broken because bad things happen to him. He's broken because he doesn't keep going after those things happen. — Courtney Milan

It takes a long time to get a reputation for quality. There are people in our industry, they're basically copiers. Look at the cars on the streets. They all look alike. But if you put quality into a product, then have it validated, you have huge credibility. — Mickey Drexler

I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that drives the best teachers out of their schools (by over-emphasising test prep in the school curriculum for example). On the other hand, great teachers want benchmarks to measure progress and tests can help with that. — Wendy Kopp

As they looked at one another, Nora felt Fiona was hostile, and forced herself to remember how upset she must be, and how lonely she might be too. She smiled as she said that they would have to go and in return Fiona smiled at her and at the boys. As soon as Nora walked away, however, she felt helpless and regretted not having said something kind or special or consoling to Fiona before they left her; maybe even something as simple as asking her when she was coming down next, or emphasising how much they looked forward to seeing her soon. She wished she had a phone in the house so she could keep in more regular touch with her. She thought that she might write Fiona a note in the morning thanking her for coming to meet them. — Colm Toibin

I lie about lying, which means I can lie — Alex

While you cannot deliver policies without principles, you cannot deliver principles without having power. You have quickly to move to a stage where, emphasising your principles, you build a programme, then call for popular support. — Gordon Brown

She thought she kept seeing him because she wanted to see him," Macey explained.
"Ooooh," Bex and Liz sighed together.
"It's a by-product of very dramatic kissing," Macey went on like a doctor identifying a common side effect. — Ally Carter

I beg of you ... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise. — Gustav Mahler

And then, when I was at my lowest ebb, you came. And you somehow coaxed me into talking to you as though you were a trusted confidant. And then you flirted with me. For a few moments you bore me off with you to the sunshine above the clouds in a hot air balloon, wrapped together in warm furs and bound for a place far, far away. And then you kissed me. — Mary Balogh

To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign. — R.C. Sproul

Endless conflicts. Endless misunderstanding. All life is that. Great and little cannot understand one another. — H.G.Wells

The Liberal Party is and always has been an amalgam between the conservative and the liberal with a small L traditions. And so from time to time people will see it emphasising one more than the other. I think it is genuinely an amalgam between the two. — Malcolm Turnbull

Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasising the positive. — A.S.A Harrison

Don't expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship — Mother Teresa

Banks felt more alone and further away for having just talked to Sophia than he had before her call. But it was always like that - the telephone might bring you together for a few moments, but there's nothing like it for emphasising distance. — Peter Robinson

I think it's the human condition to be frequently embarrassed by your parents. — Ivanka Trump

Emphasising what's in your control allows you to adopt an attitude of equanimity toward luck. You've done what you can, and from there you have to live with the results - good or bad — Michael Mauboussin

I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me. — Tom Cruise

Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness. — Mary Pipher