Fragmentary Synonym Quotes & Sayings

The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just and charitable war. — William Shakespeare

We are now as I wished we could be then. — John Green

We should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God. — Francis Chan

I believe that now and always the conscious selection of the best for reproduction will be impossible; that to propose it is to display a fundamental misunderstanding of what individuality implies. The way of nature has always been to slay the hindmost, and there is still no other way, unless we can prevent those who would become the hindmost being born. It is in the sterilization of failure, and not in the selection of successes for breeding, that the possibility of an improvement of the human stock lies. — H.G.Wells

Adventures don't happen when you're worried about the future or tied down by the past. They only exist in the now. And they always,always come at the most unexpected time,in the least likely of packages. An adventure is an open window; and an adventurer is the person willing to crawl out on the ledge and leap. — Cora Carmack

The lands are lit with all the autumn blaze of golden-rod, and everywhere the purple asters nod and bend and wave and flit. — Helen Hunt

Oddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I feel as if nature is in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul. On the other hand, when the sun appeared, the children would come out to play in the streets, and everyone was happy that it was such a lovely day, and then I would feel terrible, as if that display of exuberance in which i could not participate was somehow unfair. — Paulo Coelho

Trust me," he said. "I know what I'm doing ... or at least"
he strolled confidently to the door
"Felix does. — J.K. Rowling

Trouble in paradise? Want me to talk to him for you?" he offered. "I'm sure I can convince him to come crawling back. Even literally, if you're into that kind of kinky stuff. — Ada Adams

Almost all the other fellows do not look from the facts to the theory but from the theory to the facts; they cannot get out of the network of already accepted concepts; instead, comically, they only wriggle about inside. — Albert Einstein

In early January I introduced my legislation, which, besides prohibiting Federal funding of human cloning, also expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations should establish total prohibition on human cloning as well. — Cliff Stearns

Well, I used to be disgusted.
Now I try to be amused. — Elvis Costello

Everything likes to live where it will age the most slowly, and gravity pulls it there. — Kip S. Thorne

I'm a big fan of Yoko, one of those weird people who really love her music, and who argues with people all the time, because people do write her off. — Boy George

A ragamuffin knows he's only a beggar at the door of God's mercy. — Brennan Manning