Ficients Quotes & Sayings

An optimist in Canada is someone who think things could be worse — Preston Manning

I glanced over at them. "Clark? That's your name? I was calling you the Missionary all this time." He flashed his perfect white teeth. "Gosh, thanks, buddy! That's quite the bold moniker, and don't think I don't appreciate - " "Now shut the fuck up," I said. "Both of you. Grown-ups are talking." "Who are you?" Angus said. — Craig Schaefer

Why is it that when someone says there are billions upon billions of stars up there in that beautiful sky you believe them, but when a sign says 'wet paint' you just have to touch it? — Allie Little

I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others. — Alan Cohen

I bite my nails so bad. They're awful! My nails are so ugly. I need to stop biting them. — Elle Fanning

The method of satyagraha requires that the satyagrahi should never lose hope, so long as there is the slightest ground left for it. — Mahatma Gandhi

We were very ... anachronistic. The love that dared not speak its name. — Martha Moody

It is probably true that I would not have had as many children or mothers in my books without being a mother with children. It is definitely true that I would not have written about the Civil War without having a little guy who was obsessed with it. — Marly Youmans

That which is creative must create itself. — John Keats

If God created the world, then his existence must be compatible with the world. If he created human intelligence, his existence must not be an insult to the intelligence. If the greatest gift he gave humanity was freedom, then religion could not establish itself by coercion. — Jonathan Sacks

It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has. — Hippocrates

We don't appreciate the things that come easy to us as much as we do the things we have to work for. I think that's true for love as well. — Richard Paul Evans

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery. — Conrad Hall

In a biological system, the software builds its own hardware, but design is critical, and if you start with digital information, it has to be really accurate. — Craig Venter