Keiland Cooper Quotes & Sayings

When a man becomes a conformist, he is sacrificing the richness of independent thinking. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wine adds a smile to friendship and a spark to love. — Edmondo De Amicis

Parents who take care of their children will find peace. And children who take care of their parents will also find peace. — Danielle Barone

Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing. — Sara Gruen

He raised an eyebrow, which instantly made Clary jealous. She'd always wanted to be able to do that. — Cassandra Clare

Lie down there in the shade and sleep, and I will soon build the castle for you. If it would be a pleasure to you, you can live in it yourself. — Jacob Grimm

Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a word like 'friend' is declared not a verb, the problem isn't that it's confusing; it's that the protester finds it deeply annoying. — Erin McKean

My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair. — Diane Ackerman

I always felt like if I lived in true authentic self-expression and lived in service and in support of many other people, I would be exempt from having to deal with yet another crisis in my life. I was wrong. — Debbie Ford

Dickens' hypocrites are the prime beneficiaries of his inventive genius. The heroes and heroines have no imagination. We could scrap all the solemn parts of his novels without impairing his status as a writer. But we could not remove Mrs. Gamp or Pecksniff or Bounderby without maiming him irreparably. — John Carey

The Nation doesn't simple need what we have, It needs what we are. — Bharath Mamidoju

The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Many people think there's nothing they can do to change their karma - it's preordained so why bother trying to change their situation? This is what scares people. These folks think that to accept the reality of karma one must be passive. It simply isn't true. Karma is active. We can - in the blink of an eye - make decisions that will shape our futures and transform the parts of our lives that are causing us unhappiness. — Mary T Browne