Isall Quotes & Sayings

Open the doors, the Russians say, here comes trouble. On — Penelope Fitzgerald

I left the room before I could figure out exactly what bothered me about his response. Was it the way it seemed to assume a future for the two of us? A future in which I would continue to be unable to leave this house? Was it the presumption that I was making a cake for him when, really, I had no idea why I was making a cake at all? — Alexandra Kleeman

We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved. — Philip Neri

I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary. — Peter O'Toole

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. — Max Frisch

Now it's like a fog has lifted. I sense Leetu just as clearly as I can see the moon.'
Your eyes are closed, and the moon as a haze around it. — Donita K. Paul

He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. — Stefan Zweig

Why are you obsessed with fighting? Stick to fishing from now on. — Tim Rice

The meaning resides in one's own experience, making the everyday the exceptional. — Samuel Mockbee

For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair. — Nikolai Gogol

The church must change, Brother,' Gheorg had said one day long ago, back when they were still theology students at the University of Leipzig. Christian faith cannot be the tool of a monarch who sells God's pardon in exchange for money and power. Our Lord speaks to ALL men, Mathias. The Church must be a place where all men can meet and pray, not a place where they must submit to the power of other men. God's word must reach everyone equally. — Riccardo Bruni

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world. — Susan Cain

What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please. — Fergie

Income earned by the sweat of your brow should be taxed at the lowest rates, not the highest. Capital gains should be taxed at a higher rate. — John C. Bogle

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic. — Theodor Adorno

A good plan is founded on a clear understanding of your goals for the long-term and the short-term. — Lisa Banks