Labor Day Marathon Quotes & Sayings

Linguistics is arguably the most hotly contested property in the academic realm. It is soaked with the blood of poets, theologians, philosophers, philologists, psychologists, biologists, and neurologists, along with whatever blood can be got out of grammarians — Russ Rymer

I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no water, and they're the ones that survive. But I've been really fortunate to have people on my team who are optimistic about the future and who know that if you work through hard times that there's usually something good at the end. — Ben Silbermann

From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed. — Immanuel Kant

I think a lot of what I've done is about people feeling as if they are part of the world but also not part of it at the same time. I don't know whether that's from being a gay kid, but I definitely think that resonates with me. — Greg Berlanti

I look up to the sky and scream to the wind, 'Give me adventure.' She whispers back, 'You are braver than you know. — Marquita Burke-DeJesus

Ah's me! if we could be what what we wish to be, instead of being only what we are, there would be a great difference in our characters and knowledge and appearance. One may be rude and coarse and ignorant, and yet happy, if he does not know it; but it is hard to see our own failings in the strongest light, just as we wish to hear the least about them. — James Fenimore Cooper

People do not read stupidities with impunity. — Victor Hugo

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason. — Jasper Johns

True, I cannot see the stars scattered like gold dust in the heavens, but stars just as bright shine in my soul. — Helen Keller

For me, as a mother, I am just, you know, I just can't put into words how important it is for every American, for every mother, for every person in this country, to have healthcare. — Michelle Obama

I didn't want to get married. What I knew of most men was something I didn't want any part of. I just wanted to work on my career. — Eleanor Mondale

Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to office. This isn't choosing a president, it's casting the lead in a sitcom about the presidency. — Roger Ebert

The key question in order to change you is not 'What would Jesus do?' but "What has Jesus done for you?" — Timothy Keller

For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you're the only writer in existence; the only one who matters. You need to shut yourself away and allow the creativity to build up, not leak out through worry and comparisons and doubt. — Martin Cosgrove

I know nobody ever got over being afraid of the dark by never turning off the lights. — J.D. Ruskin