Lexisnexis Quotes & Sayings

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance. — Evo Morales

Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be. — Gallagher

Leaders should not stand in front of people. They should stand behind the people. — Sadghuru

The more they measure, the more they realize how much the Greeks departed from regular and banal lines in order to produce their effect. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir

How did the hearing go?" she asked.
"We won, sort of," Kaldar said. "We die at dawn."
"The court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours," William corrected.
"Yes, but 'we die at dawn the day after tomorrow' doesn't sound nearly
as dramatic."
"Does it have to be dramatic all the time?" Catherine murmured.
"Of course. Everyone has a talent. Yours is crocheting and mine is
making melodramatic statements. — Ilona Andrews

Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead. — John Hartford

The wind was against them now, and Piglet's ears streamed behind him like banners as he fought his way along, and it seemed hours before he got them into the shelter of the Hundred Acre Wood and they stood up straight again, to listen, a little nervously, to the roaring of the gale among the treetops.
'Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?'
'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought. — Milne, A. A.

When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things. — Lauren Fleshman

Too often we presume that the unexpected strangers in our lives bode ill,or we are skeptical of their designs.We think we know more.

And while I am well aware that there is indeed all manner of malevolence in the ether,there is benevolence there,too — Chris Bohjalian

Every day I feel different about music, but what never changes is my love for it. — Kid Rock

Then she lowered her arm and the gate closed behind her. That arm suddenly falling and the metallic clank of the gate shutting made me understand that from one moment to another one can lose heart. — Patrick Modiano

It's so hard to be sincere without sounding pretentious,' she said. 'I mean, what are you supposed to do if you really happen to feel like you've swallowed the universe? Not say so? — Elif Batuman

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree. — John Brunner