John Steinbeck Big Sur Quotes & Sayings

As a woman in Canada, I get to do whatever I want to do, and I'm used to that. I'm used to not having my government tell me my life is going to be restricted because I'm female. — Deborah Ellis

We are all extraordinary individuals. We just have to once again tune into the special-ness of who we are. — Alice Hocker

Draw what you see. — Arne Glimcher

I live an immoral life. It is immoral because it is deadly futile. — Mary MacLane

We need a revolution in development thinking and practice. Foreign aid, debt relief, family planning, democracy, education, and free markets have not succeeded. — William Easterly

The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Maybe I need to shake their faith a little." Sola puts the spoon back into the yogurt. "How?" "A good, long nose pick might be a good start. Really dig for the mother lode." Vidocq laughs a little. "Wait until I have gone home before you implement that strategy, please." I look at Sola. "How come you're not all dazzled by my Heavenly awesomeness? — Richard Kadrey

Who would vandalize a doghouse? I ask.
"Cats?" Bee suggests. — Paula Stokes

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here. — Maria Sharapova

Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism. — Barack Obama

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it. — Ugo Betti

I think 'retirement' goes hand in hand with people who make a living by having a 'job.' I don't think we-the .00001 percent of the population who are so fortunate to love passionately what we do-consider it a 'job. — Dustin Hoffman

The first important act of self-denial for 21st-century followers of Jesus may be to say no to being too busy to be a disciple. — Thomas Oord

When I make a mistake, it's a beauty! — Fiorello H. La Guardia

My first memory in the world is my gym teacher ripping my mother's necklace off her neck and throwing it out the window and her running downstairs to go after it. I have no memory before that. I was 4. My father had a lot of girlfriends and my mother had a lot of boyfriends. — Mike Nichols