Epitomizes Crossword Quotes & Sayings

..., and I went back to my old habit of walking the halls looking down most of the time. It was different now, though - before I'd done it without thinking, because I didn't know another way. Now I was actively avoiding a life I knew might be out there. But it was my choice. — Michelle Falkoff

Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders. — William Makepeace Thackeray

All that truly counts is whether you grew into all you could have been and whether you showed leadership by using your potential to positively contribute to the lives of other human beings. And it all begins within. So your absolute best can shine. — Robin S. Sharma

When a general name stands for each and every individual which it is a name of, or in other words, which it denotes, it is said by logicians to be distributed, or taken distributively. Thus, in the proposition, All men are mortal, the subject, Man, is distributed, because mortality is affirmed of each and every man. — John Stuart Mill

When you've found another soul who see's in to your own ... take good care of each other..and remember to be kind.. — Jackson Browne

Less well known but perhaps even more convincing is that Khrushchev's own and most ambitious attempt at reversing the process of detotalitarization turned into a complete failure. In 1957, he introduced a new "law against social parasites," which would have enabled the regime to reintroduce mass deportations, re-establish slave labor on a large scale, and - most importantly for total domination - to let loose another flood of mass denunciations; for "parasites" were supposed to be selected by the people themselves in mass meetings. The — Hannah Arendt

The great thing about hockey players is that they are able to separate the on-ice from the off-ice and not let the latter distract them. — Stu Grimson

The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses. — James Surowiecki

Poetry needs to be alive, unabashedly, and, for me, that entails seeing its complexity, the grit and grimness and jubilance and beauty. — Alex Lemon

The best way to end a war is to make certain that it never happens. The best way to win a war is to change the shape of the battles to suit your needs. — James A. Moore

The author cites researcher David Howard's idea of post-traumatic growth. Howard contends that some individuals faced with a traumatic event actually develop new strength. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist. — Ransom Riggs

If, through some kind of reincarnation, it were possible to be reborn as Ushikawa's clothing, with a guarantee of rare glory in the next rebirth, I would still not want to do it. — Haruki Murakami

Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the same degree of concentration in the studio, but not impossible. — Walter J. Phillips

Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three. — Heather Brooke