Finesses Def Quotes & Sayings

Optimism is America's birthright ... There is no social problem Americans
dare not attack. No problem, that is, except one: about marriage,
and marriage alone, we despair. — Maggie Gallagher

The worst kind of loneliness, I think, is to be in the presence of those you love and have them treat you like you aren't there. — John Burley

Humans are the only animals that try to dwell in the future. You don't have to purely live in the present situation without a plan, but the future plans you make can only be based on the aspects of the future that manifest within the present situation. — Chogyam Trungpa

I didn't even realize this at first, but there's almost no central character in any of my 24 books who doesn't have a dead mother or a lost parent. — Gregory Maguire

Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another. — Annie Besant

Man's inclination to justice makes democracy possible; but man's capacity for injustice makes it necessary.' The optimism we need to prevent ourselves from destroying our own democratic freedoms and, indeed, our own human habitat must be based on reasoned pessimism. — Bernard Crick

Each Voyager is itself a message. In their exploratory intent, in the lofty ambition of their objectives, in their utter lack of intent to do harm, and in the brilliance of their design and performance, these robots speak eloquently for us. — Carl Sagan

No such word as can't. No such word as babagoozle neither! — Charlie Higson

I'm extremely proud of our very, very diverse cast which represents the world that I walk around in every day.. I didn't see it last night when I watched the Emmys. — Ellen Pompeo