Inspirational Hard Hitting Quotes & Sayings

Per capita the East Germans drank more than twice as much as their West German counterparts. — Anna Funder

Everyone told me I could sing from about the age of ten. My mum was always telling me. But I was so shy, I didn't believe them. And the more that people told me, the more I went into the background and the less likely I was to sing. — Dionne Bromfield

Mitch's take on humanity had deteriorated to the point where he assumed someone was lying if her lips were moving. — Jennifer Crusie

The idea of it's great," I explain. "But then there's the actual thing of it. — Kristopher Jansma

I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them. — Kate Flannery

When the Great War broke out, it came to me not as a superlative tragedy, but as an interruption of the most exasperating kind to my personal plans. — Vera Brittain

Life was tough for me. When I was a kid, nobody played with me because they thought I looked ugly with my extra thumb. It pained me. So once I thought of getting it surgically removed. But I didn't. Slowly, I realized that the exterior is not the criterion for love and success. — Hrithik Roshan

What people forget is that I'm an actress. That's the wonderful thing about what I do. I get to play different roles. — Keshia Knight Pulliam

I have a bird. Inside." She patted the flat stomach below her small breasts, and for a moment Nicholas thought she had really found food. "She sits in here. She has tangled a nest in my entrails, where she sits and tears at my breath with her beak. I look healthy to you, don't I? But inside I'm hollow and rotten and turning brown, dirt and old feathers, oozing away. Her beak will break through soon. — Gene Wolfe

I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next. — Shirley Manson

I heard something once. I heard a slogan and it stuck in my head. I heard 'Equal rights for all; special privileges for none' and to me it didn't mean anything but what it said. — Harper Lee

I'll take you any way I can get you, Samantha, and that's the fucking truth. I love you, every damn day, I love you. I'm never going anywhere. You're it for me. — Kristen Proby

Some departures bring more light to your life! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Oh, shit! My breath caught as I slid, and I stupidly kept my weight on Tate, which was too much for her. Backward I fell and into my lap she stumbled. We slammed to the floor, hitting the wood hard. I'd probably bruised every damn inch of my ass, but Tate was cool. She landed on me. That was cool for me, too. — Penelope Douglas

And meanwhile the Galaxy ran through space and left behind those signs old and new and I still hadn't found mine. — Italo Calvino

Riches, one may say, are like sea-water; the more you drink the thirstier you become; and the same is true of fame. — Arthur Schopenhauer