Famous Simon Bolivar Quotes & Sayings

I'm very musically inclined. My parents were opera singers. As a young child, I could hear operas and I knew if they were sad, or if they reminded me of something, or they brought back a memory. — Sandra Bullock

For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington. — Henry Adams

children's hobbies aren't only the children's hobbies - the parents put just as many hours into them, year after year, sacrificing so much, paying out such huge amounts of money, that their significance eats its way even into adult brains. — Fredrik Backman

It is better to fall short of a high mark than to reach a low one. — Henry Clay Payne

You had room for four kids sitting or six standing up. It had been a pirate ship, Nemo's Nautilus, and a canoe for the Lenni Lennape among other things. Today the water was maybe three and a half feet deep. She seemed happy to be there, not scared at all. "We call this the Big Rock," I said. "We used to, I mean. When we were kids." "I like it," she said. "Can I see the crayfish? I'm Meg." "I'm David. Sure." She peered down into the can. Time went by and we said nothing. She studied them. Then she straightened up again. "Neat." "I just catch 'em and look at 'em awhile and then let them go." "Do they bite?" "The big ones do. They can't hurt you, though. And the little ones just try to run." "They look like lobsters." "You never saw a crayfish before? — Jack Ketchum

The crooked little tomato branches, pulpy and pale as if made of cheap green paper, broke under the weight of so much fruit; there was something frantic in such fertility, a crying-out like that of children frantic to please. — John Updike

The lost sense that we play out our lives as part of a greater story — David Whyte

When I was a youngster, I was brought up in a very political background on an estate in north London. — Jim Crace

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures. — Thomas Carlyle

Blessing will happen to you and your family throughout the year because you faster in January. — Jentezen Franklin

I'm still the same guy. My name is still Greyson Chance from Oklahoma. I grow much taller. But nothing really changes. — Greyson Chance

You're not a woman I'll ever want in my bed. — Nalini Singh

Every man in Ingary is scared stiff of her. You ought to know how that feels, Sophie dear. — Diana Wynne Jones