Fissent Quotes & Sayings

I got to see the first step, hear the first word. Most people - and certainly working moms - are not able to do that. I wanted to appreciate the fact that I had worked so hard all my life to be able to have those moments. — Sarah Michelle Gellar

I was the kid who always hung back and then dropped the jokes when you least expected it. Timing was everything. My mouth sort of developed over time. — Jeff Ross

It is you who are unpoetical," replied the poet Syme. "If what you say of clerks is true, they can only be as prosaic as your poetry. The rare, strange thing is to hit the mark; the gross, obvious thing is to miss it. We feel it is epical when man with one wild arrow strikes a distant bird. Is it not also epical when man with one wild engine strikes a distant station? Chaos is dull; because in chaos the train might indeed go anywhere, to Baker Street or to Bagdad. But man is a magician, and his whole magic is in this, that he does say Victoria, and lo! it is Victoria. No, take your books of mere poetry and prose; let me read a time table, with tears of pride. Take your Byron, who commemorates the defeats of man; give me Bradshaw, who commemorates his victories. Give me Bradshaw, I say! — G.K. Chesterton

Especially girls, but any kids exposed to music programs and arts programs do much better on their tests. They have a better chance of going to college. They can focus better. You know, we're not just automatons learning how to work machines and do engineering and math and science. All of that's great, but you've got to build a whole person. — Bonnie Raitt

Hunger and fear are excellent casuists. — Walter Scott

Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in. — Anne Lamott

We're carrying the fire. — Cormac McCarthy

It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive. — Terry Pratchett

The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. — Milton Friedman

The world is like an enormous set of scales. When evil begins to outweigh good, angels cram themselves in on the lighter side. You can't see them, but there they are, restoring the balance. — Ivan Klima

Spiritual in nature or clean and wholesome, but the type of reader who'd enjoy my books about angels, love, and family would very much have these expectations. — Emlyn Chand

Love without sharing is torture. Love without giving is death. — Sunday Adelaja

I blinked them back, hard. I had a feeling that if I let myself start crying, there was a very real possibility I would never stop again. — Morgan Matson

I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern my self accordingly. — George Washington