Fiending For Quotes & Sayings

What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate. — Edmund Phelps

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it. — Ronald Reagan

Everyone loves a hero. What we differ on is the question of who the heroes are, because we differ over what matters. And who matters is a function of what matters. [If] what matters is intelligence, the people who matter are the intelligent, and the people who matter the most, the heroes, are the geniuses. — Rebecca Goldstein

He kills people. Now I'm no expert, but doesn't that make you a bad person?"
Jamie glared at Nick. "You've killed a lot more people than he has. What does that make you?"
"Not a person," Nick murmured, not sounding particularly interested. "Surely you remember. — Sarah Rees Brennan

Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength; And if, with infirm hand, Eternity, Mother of many acts and hours, should free The serpent that would clasp her with his length; These are the spells by which to reassume An empire o'er the disentangled doom. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Learning not to crumple before these uncertainties fuels my resolve to print myself upon the texture of each day fully rather than forever. — Audre Lorde

I often find human behavior amusing. Like having a full refrigerator of food to eat yet buying fast food instead. If you learn to conquer the two big "N" words. Niceties vs Necessities. You might actually have some funds for the hard times that come. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

The only way to be happy and be a more enjoyable person to be around is to embrace what you've got. Everyone has issues about their body, but I feel confident now. I'm healthy and happy. — Mischa Barton

True education kindles the student's mind but teaching fills the mind with information. — Debasish Mridha

I got my own back. — Maya Angelou

The fiending for a state of stasis, for the safety of childhood and the nostalgia of the madeleine in the tea or an eternal library is not too far removed from the desire for death. The idealizing of the past is a kind of death. — John Thomas Allen

What moves me about ... what's called technique ... is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper and the developer and all that stuff, but it comes mostly from some very deep choices somebody has made that take a long time and keep haunting them. — Diane Arbus

I know a flute player is technically called a "flautist," but something about it sounds a little sketchy, as does "pianist," so I will refrain. — Julie Halpern

Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide. — Tom Robbins

California must be a really big fan of the 'Hunger Games.' Because it's always catching fire. — Ian Hecox

Eat only when you are hungry. Drink only when you're thirsty. Sleep only when you're tired. Screw only when you're horny. — Al Neuharth

It is always important to have something yet to do in life. — Viktor E. Frankl

Always remember, darling girl, men love the pussy and their dicks are always fiending for attention. If you're not around to give it to them, they'll get it somewhere else and the novelty of new lips and a new cunt might shock them so much they'll think they're in love. — Katie Ayres

I'm addicted to your allure and I'm fiending for a cure. — Christina Aguilera