Floated Tile Quotes & Sayings

Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the opressor. — Ginetta Sagan

Life is too short to work so hard. — Vivien Leigh

On Fridays there were fish fries or boils at which they served "lawyers" (burbot or eelpout), so-called because their hearts were in their butts. — Lorrie Moore

Italy is the fourth-largest economy in Europe and the eighth-largest economy in the world, and its banking system is collapsing. And Germany is desperate. It must maintain its standard of living. It can only do that with exports and Deutsche Bank is very exposed to Italian debt. But so is the rest of Europe. — George Friedman

A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God — Michael L. Brown

What can there be concerning outer space but ignorance? — Nigel Kneale

You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

Do not give alms promiscuously. Select the unworthy poor and make them happy. To give to the deserving is a duty, but to help the improvident, drinking class is clear generosity, so that the donor has a right to be warmed by a selfish pride and count on a most flattering obituary. — George Ade

And it's true what I read about joy. It's the kind of happiness that not only fills you up but spills over. Really, all you have to do is look for it, and then have the strength to let it in. And believe it or not, that's the hardest part. — Jolene Perry

If everybody (traded his car for a horse) they would be out of debt in a couple of years. Just think, no gas, no tires, no roads to pay for. — Will Rogers

It's almost a blessing when we meet people who naturally want to do the sort of things that are in high demand in society. What a gift to do that, as opposed to other people who would say, 'I want to be a novelist but actually I have to be an accountant.' — Alain De Botton

The successful Idea travels from mind to mind, claiming new territory, mutating as it goes. — Bernard Beckett