January Anecdotes Quotes & Sayings

A great woman has three identities: a lovely daughter, a passionate lover, and a kind mother. — Debasish Mridha

When we black people commit ourselves to living simply as a political action, as a way of breaking the stress caused by unrelenting hedonistic desire for material objects that are not needed for survival, or essential to well-being, we will not be talking about ebonics. We will be out in the streets demanding that the public schools have enough teachers so that all kids, cross color, can read and write in standard English and in Spanish too. — Bell Hooks

Experimenting with drugs, drinking, doing this just enough to be accepted as one of the crowd, but I hated drugs, and I hated the taste of alcohol! — Gloria Gaynor

Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business. — Rosanna Arquette

The lawyers' contribution to the civilizing of humanity is evidenced in the capacity of lawyers to argue furiously in the courtroom, then sit down as friends over a drink or dinner. This habit is often interpreted by the layman as a mark of their ultimate corruption. In my opinion, it is their greatest moral achievement: It is a characteristic of humane tolerance that is most desperately needed at the present time. — John Silber

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem. — Gil Scott-Heron

I'm not a fan of inconsistency. — Colleen Hoover

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions. — Anne Rice

I've come to terms with it, it knows I know. — Rod McKuen

Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains. — Karl Rove

They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government this power is wholesome and proper. But in the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide shackles for the liberties of the people. — Franklin D. Roosevelt