Ievent Quotes & Sayings

One of the main reasons that it is so easy to march men off to war is that each of them feels sorry for the man next to him who will die. — Ernest Becker

Everything worthwhile begins life as a mistake. — Gareth P. Jones

The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded. — Wei Wu Wei

Throughout his life, Dickens cared passionately about orphans. — Claire Tomalin

A broken heart can never be perfectly mended, there are always scars. — Elisabeth Zguta

Amador and Bianca have a great life that I'm only a little jealous of. They have two kids they bring to see me. His daughter, Ashlee, is almost five now. She has asked me to marry her when I get out. It feels kind of weird since she calls me Uncle Reyes and incest is frowned upon, but who am I to argue with true love? — Darynda Jones

I told them a thousand times if I told them once:
Stop fooling around, I said, with straw and sticks;
They won't hold up; you're taking an awful chance.
Brick is the stuff to build with, solid bricks.
You want to be impractical, go ahead.
But just remember, I told them; wait and see.
You're making a big mistake. Awright, I said,
But when the wolf comes, don't come running to me.
The funny thing is, they didn't. There they sat,
One in his crummy yellow shack, and one
Under his roof of twigs, and the wolf ate
Them, hair and hide. Well, what is done is done.
But I'd been willing to help them, all along,
If only they'd once admitted they were wrong. — Sarah Henderson Hay

Would you rather learn to deal with the truth now than be forced to do so later on? — Celestine Chua

First semester, I learned that Jack Rogers sandals, so revered in college, screamed, "My small liberal arts school will always be the center of the universe!" I'd found a new axis, so into the trash went my gold, silver, and white pairs. — Jessica Knoll

Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived. — Abraham Lincoln

You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes. — Barack Obama