Janie Loves Tea Cake Quotes & Sayings

There is economy in this. For the attempt to see all things freshly and in detail, rather than as types and generalities, is exhausting, and among busy affairs practically out of the question. In — Walter Lippmann

War takes so many more casualties than just the dead. — Katherine L. Walker

Above all, Suharto had been hunting down communists, presumed communists, suspected communists, possible communists, highly unlikely communists, and the odd innocent person. — Jonas Jonasson

The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition of feeling life, in general, so completely that you are well on your way to knowing any particular corner of it-this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience, and they occur in country and in town, and in the most differing stages of education. — Henry James

Going against the storm requires strength, energy and a will to succeed. — Mitta Xinindlu

Actors are investigators. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

The media lie about everything, but immigration constitutes their finest hour of collective lying. They know their ideas on the topic are not popular. — Ann Coulter

Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax. — Joseph Joubert

I think television often has dismissed younger people. They figure, well, they're not really watching news, that's not our audience. — Kurt Loder

One morning in April, I woke up a little sick. I lay there looking at shadows on the white plaster ceiling. I remembered a long time ago, when I lay in bed beside my mother, watching lights from the street move across the ceiling and down the walls. I felt the sharp nostalgia of train whistles, piano music down a city street, burning leaves. A mild degree of junk sickness always brought me the magic of childhood. It never fails, I thought, just like a shot; I wonder if all junkies score for this wonderful stuff. — William S. Burroughs

You told me I was part of the clan, that I was one of you. You told me you'd protect me, treasure me, and that no one would ever hurt me again. You told me we'd have eternity together, like a freaking Hallmark card! — Kresley Cole

my mother knew that no woman thought she was beautiful, or beautiful enough, or beautiful in the right way. — Ann Patchett

You're doing your kids a disservice if they do get everything they want because that's not the way life's going to go, and I think kids have to have some reality. — Steve Carell

When the necessary eleven days were added, George Washington's birthday, which fell on February 11, 1731, Old Style, became February 22, 1732, New Style. — Daniel J. Boorstin