Famous Sophie Tucker Quotes & Sayings

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman. — Martha Stewart

The mind cannot fall asleep as long as it watches itself. Only when the mind moves unwatched and becomes absorbed in images that tug it as it were to one side does self-consciousness dissolve and sleep with its healing, brilliantly detailed fictions pour in upon the jittery spirit. Falling asleep is a study in trust. Likewise, religion tries to put as ease with the world. Being human cannot be borne alone. We need other presences. We need soft night noises-a mother speaking downstairs. We need the little clicks and sighs of a sustaining otherness. We need the gods. — John Updike

The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I'm all over the place. — Meryl Streep

Some people would look at this and see junk," I said. "Others see history. — D.J. MacHale

The only thing worse than a bigot is an "ally" who can't stop congratulating themselves on their enlightenment. — Julio Alexi Genao

You couldn't think of after, you only thought of now, and come to think of it, you didn't do that either -- you were left with pools of memory, each stranded from the next by time pulling forward like a tide. — Nam Le

No conceptually regimented and normatively informed theory of mental disorder can be devised without taking philosophy of mind seriously and knowing something about this subject area of philosophy and of such topics as consciousness, Intentionality, personal identity, the mind/body problem and rationality. — George Graham

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport. — Clara Hughes

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere. — William Howard Taft

Inside, in the servants' part of the house, the half-clad domestics were talking in low whispers to each other. Old Mrs. Leaf was crying and wringing — Oscar Wilde

Albert Einstein believes in humanity, in a peaceful world of mutual helpfulness, and in the high mission of science. — Albert Einstein

When a scribe asked Jesus in Mark 12:28 which of all God's commandments was paramount, He reached into the warm, beating heart of the law and raised these words above the rest: "This is the most important . . . Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength."11 — Beth Moore

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't. — Mignon McLaughlin