Hedging Foreign Quotes & Sayings

I was Jewish, through and through, although in our house that didn't mean a whole lot. We never went to synagogue. I never had a Bar Mitzvah. We didn't keep kosher or observe the Sabbath. In fact, I'm not so sure I would have known what the Sabbath looked like if it passed me on the street, so how could I observe it? — Gilbert Gottfried

Maybe it's not about determination
or love
or how hard
you can fight
Maybe it's just bout fate
and what
is meant to be — Lisa Schroeder

Holy smokes, Kat whispered. The kid's like Damien from The Omen. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

I respect all artists, just some more than the others. Because it's something that really needs to be done. — Brice Marden

The best public speakers are those who seem to genuinely enjoy giving a speech. Because they're relaxed, we're relaxed. — Richard Zeoli

Our old pilgrims believed stories in which the West was a promise, a place where decent people could escape the wreckage of failed lives and start over. Come along, the dream whispers, and you can have another chance. We still listen to promises in the wind. This time, we think, we'll get it right. — William Kittredge

The universe is a brightly colored blur of fast-moving shapes augmented by deafening noises. — Charles Stross

I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown. — Brooke Shields

Common sense is a skill to learn, and it is the foundation of all good business. — Ehab Atalla

When respect is shown according to what is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace. — Confucius

Complexity theory shows that great changes can emerge
from small actions. Change involves a belief in the possible, even the "impossible."
Moreover, social innovators don't follow a
linear pathway of change; there are ups and
downs, roller-coaster rides along cascades
of dynamic interactions, unexpected and
unanticipated divergences, tipping points
and critical mass momentum shifts. Indeed,
things often get worse before they get better
as systems change creates resistance to and
pushback against the new.
Traditional evaluation approaches — Michael Quinn Patton

Comedy becomes intensified in short scenes. — Paul Lieberstein

I think being a Catholic made me a better person. It taught me how to choose good over evil, and how to be a more caring human being. — Sonia Sotomayor

I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority. — Callie Khouri