Lexical Approach Quotes & Sayings

If you only read what you agree with, you'll never learn anything. - James D. Hodgson — Pat Williams

One sample is poor statistics, my math prof used to say. — Arthur C. Clarke

Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. — Leonardo Da Vinci

That action is not warrantable which either fears to ask the divine blessing on its performance, or having succeeded, does not come with thanksgiving to God for its success. — Francis Quarles

Every available inch of his face busts into a smile - whoa. Has he blown into our school on a gust of wind from another world? The guy looks unabashedly jack-o'-lantern happy, which couldn't be more foreign to the sullen demeanor most of us strove to perfect. — Jandy Nelson

What do you miss about being alive?" The sound of my mom singing, a little off-key. The way my dad went to all my swim meets and I could hear his whistle when my head was underwater, even if he did yell at me afterward for not trying harder. I miss going to the library. I miss the smell of clothes fresh out of the dryer. I miss diving off the highest board and nailing the landing. I miss waffles" - p. 272. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Most actors and actresses are performative as people. — Zoe Lister-Jones

High in the Tower of Love, the last remaining tower of Tallith, he rests on a bier, not living, not dead. He doesn't age, or change, needs no sustenance. He sleeps. He waits — Melinda Salisbury

In heaven I'll wish with all my heart that I could reclaim a thousandth part of the time I've let slip through my fingers, that I could call back those countless conversations which could have glorified my Lord - but didn't. — Billy Graham

America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans. — Hank Johnson

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Innards came out crossed and complex, like a tumble of plus and minus signs--the equation of human life. — M.P. Johnson

Whatever else you were about to say, don't. Don't look at me all calf-eyed. Don't nurse any romantic options about me just because I told you that you're pretty or related a sob story about some old horse. - Lee Coburn — Sandra Brown

You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman. — Neil Gaiman