Generationknows Quotes & Sayings

The rain started while we sat in the kitchen, and we left the kitchen door open so we could watch the rain slanting past the doorway and washing the garden; Constance was pleased, the way any good gardener is pleased with rain. — Shirley Jackson

All inferences from experience ... are effects of custom, not of reasoning. — David Hume

Being a woman in the pop world, sexuality is half poison and half liberation. What's the line? I don't have a line. I am the most sexually free woman on the planet, and I genuinely am empowered from a very honest place by my sexuality. What's more primal than sex? I mean, it's so honest. If I didn't think I had the talent to back that up, I wouldn't have done it. — Lady Gaga

Hitler learned his eugenics from the infamous "Baur-Fischer-Lenz" book that documented American and British eugenics. — A.E. Samaan

I don't really yell at people. — Nancy Reagan

Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Seneca.

Poor Dick was dead! — Charles Dickens

I went to a very posh school, I had a very privileged upbringing with parents who were incredibly loving and brilliant. I've never tried to hide that; I'm not going to change my accent or talk in a different way. — David Cameron

The people have to know what my portraits are like in order to behave in such a way that the result is one of my portraits. — Thomas Ruff

I was always at the gymnasium every day at six o'clock after school. In the mornings I would run, looking forward to future golden gloves and Olympic tournaments. — Muhammad Ali

Even a clock that's broken is right twice a day. — Marcia Clark

You can make a fresh start with your final breath. — Bertolt Brecht

A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generationmy generationknows from four very bitter experiences. Just as Americas will for peace is second to none, so will Americas strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security. — Gerald R. Ford

Life feels precious. It is. — Katrina Kenison