Floetry Members Quotes & Sayings

It's so funny to get a call from Dustin Hoffman because he has that great voice. — Andie MacDowell

Stars shine even for those who refuse to look up. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Time flows smoother when you are with people you love. — Charlotte Eriksson

There are all kinds of ways and reasons that mothers can and should be praised. But for cultivating a sense of invisibility, martyrdom and tirelessly working unnoticed and unsung? Those are not reasons. Praising women for standing in the shadows? Wrong. Where is the greeting card that praises the kinds of mothers I know? Or better yet, the kind of mother I was raised by? I need a card that says: "Happy Mother's Day to the mom who taught me to be strong, to be powerful, to be independent, to be competitive, to be fiercely myself and fight for what I want." Or "Happy Birthday to a mother who taught me to argue when necessary, to raise my voice for my beliefs, to not back down when I know I am right." Or "Mom, thanks for teaching me to kick ass and take names at work. Get well soon." Or simply "Thank you, Mom, for teaching me how to make money and feel good about doing it. Merry Christmas. — Shonda Rhimes

During the years that both Stalin and Hitler were in power, more people were killed in Ukraine than anywhere else in the bloodlands, or in Europe, or in the world. — Timothy Snyder

Like many writers, Hemingway thought of his craft as a trade that he was continually learning and at the mercy of. He told his son Gregory of his own try at writing, "Writing's got to flow and come easy if it's good and this stuff 'smells of the lamp.' You know that old phrase - smells like you've been up all night working on it over a kerosene lamp" (James, — Kathleen Dixon Donnelly

I had a video made of my recent knee operation. The doctor said it was the best movie I ever starred in. — Shirley Maclaine

He didn't argue; she was no warrior. But he understood now it took a different kind of courage to accept what you could not change and try to make the best of it. — Stephanie Snow

How can you live with someone if you can't live with yourself? — Grant McLachlan

This, right here with you is the closest that I'll ever come to heaven That's all right by me, because you are my heaven, Grae. — Christine Zolendz

Because human nature will not deny its weaknesses, even where it is seemingly in the process of overcoming them. — Joseph Roth

I'd prefer a world with no identity politics. I'd prefer we judged people according to reason, logic and evidence instead of barmy left-wing — Milo Yiannopoulos

Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine. — Mark Twain

You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do. — Scott Walker