Gummer Group Quotes & Sayings

Certain suggestions, or notions, would make the muscles of her lean spotty face quiver, her eyes go sharp and black, and her mouth work as if there was a despicable taste in it. She could stop you in your tracks then, like a savage thornbush. — Alice Munro

There is no finer way to demonstrate love of God than by serving Him in the positions to which we may be called. Occasionally, the reward for that service will be prompt, and we'll see the light in the eyes of the person whom we have helped. Other times, however, the Lord will let us wait a little while and let our reward come another way. — Thomas S. Monson

We have tended in politics in this country to concentrate on the domestic, on the here and now - the 'what's in it for me'. — Bob Ainsworth

Intellectuals love Jefferson and hate markets, and intellectuals write most of the books. Intellectuals often think that they should, for the benefit of mankind, act as fiduciaries for the clods who don't have to be intellectuals, and I suspect that has to do with [why historians love Jefferson and not Hamilton, even though Hamilton's vision of America's commercial future was vastly more accurate than Jefferson's]. — John Steele Gordon

The snow is not falling for you. — Gemma Malley

Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects. — William Penn

A leader knows it's not so hard to die for your people. It's hard to order your people to die for you. And leading with certainty in an uncertain future doesn't require sight. It requires vision. It requires holding on. And no matter what happens, never letting go. — Paul Jenkins

I don't think teens make mistakes when they fall in love. You experience what you experience and you take away what you can from it; it is very human. — Dylan O'Brien

I like to do all kinds of films. — Pam Grier

Your life, your world. — Lailah Gifty Akita

People who believe themselves ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the cosmos. And therein lies a fascinating dichotomy. "The universe always was," gets no respect as a legitimate answer to "What was around before the beginning?" But for many religious people, the answer, "God always was," is the obvious and pleasing answer to "What was around before God? — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Finn lowers his voice to a confidential whisper. 'Arabella was
my first literary infatuation. I had a mad crush on her. — Jessica Spotswood

Don't be the victim of public opinion. — Sunday Adelaja

Life turns on little things. The momentous events in history can leave us untouched, while small events may shape our destinies. — Jennifer Worth