Mary Cory Quotes & Sayings

Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'. — Steven Spielberg

Going hungry never bothered me - it was having no clothes. — Cher

Traditionally, marriage is one arena where states have all but plenary power; it took until 1967 for the Supreme Court to tell states they could not prohibit interracial marriage. — Jeff Greenfield

Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs. — George Eliot

Ever will some new evil be hatched in Angband beyond the guess of Elves and Men, — J.R.R. Tolkien

He could hardly imagine anymore what his life would be without the weight of his hidden knowledge. He'd come to think of it as a kind of penance. It was self-destructive, he could see that, but that was the way things were. People smoked, they jumped out of airplanes, they drank too much and got into their cars and drove without seat belts. — Kim Edwards

Don't worry about the room being messy! Everything can't be perfect - you have to let some things go, and it's better to actually sit down on the floor with your child than spend time worrying about having a perfect house. — Andie MacDowell

The calm within the storm is where peace lives and breathes. It is not within perfect circumstances or a charmed life ... it is not conditional. Peace is a sacred space within, it is the temple of our internal landscape. We are free to visit it, whenever we seek sanctuary. Underneath the chaos of everyday living, peace is patiently awaiting our discovery ... go within. — Jaeda DeWalt

I will miss our porch. I thought about that as I settled into one of its rockers, — Alessandra Torre

I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations. — Brett Davern

For you can't hear Irish tunes without knowing you're Irish, and wanting to pound that fact into the floor. — Jennifer Armstrong

Danilo's was the kind of place where many drinking men come to hide, be it from their wives, in-laws, their jobs or life in general. it was where men and women can come to drink poison as if it was the only form of medicine available to remedy the migraine headache called life. The lighting dim and secluded, mostly covering the tables, counters and the door to the bathroom. The walls were decorated in decades of memories, favorite sports teams and other miscellaneous decor that was typical of small bars such as this one. It was too dark to tell what they were from a distance.
There was a thick layer of smoke hovering in the air around the ceiling lights, the place was smothered in it but was strongest above everyone's heads. The smell was the classic stale bar odor of cigarettes and cheap cigars. — J.C. Joranco

Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying injury with kindness, effecting difficult things while they are easy, and managing great things in their beginnings; this is the method of Tao. — Laozi

It is remarkable how events and truths can be reshaped, like wax that's sat too long in the sun. — Jodi Picoult

Inigo Montoya: He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using. — William Goldman