Meet The Applegates Quotes & Sayings

One hour's meditation on the work of the Creator is better than seventy years of prayer. — Elijah Muhammad

Always remember," he whispered to me, "that you are an uncommon soldier, whatever they say. And you are quite a thing to behold. — Chloe Neill

Apparently, there's something hinky about the new iPhones. They're not hooked up right. There's a problem with the antenna. They don't like to be held - like my ex-wife. — David Letterman

It was December, I had never felt so cold, the eel soup lay heavy on my stomach, I was afraid I'd die, I turned aside to vomit, I envied them. — Samuel Beckett

He places a hand on either side of the bar, locking me in. 'And why won't you admit it?' he asks.
I'm so startled by his new, gentler tone that I hazard a glance. My breath catches in my throat. Jared's eyes have changed to that sumptuous green, huge and mesmerizing, the pupils dilating like a cat's. I can't see to look away as he inches forward, until he's standing all but a hair's breadth away from me. — L.E. Sterling

There are so many third-rate people now who are more famous than people who should be famous, but sometimes people who could or should be famous are very boring, too. — Karl Lagerfeld

...unless our standards of civilization are comfort and contraptions, Athens from (say) 480 to 380 was clearly the most civilized society that has yet existed. — H.D.F. Kitto

Dreams are real. This is unreal. This world is unreal. Everybody has it backwards. This is the dream. This is an insubstantial pageant. Nothing here lasts - that is how you know it's the dream. — Frederick Lenz

Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to a dull and incoherent classroom experience. Academic excellence, educational equity, and fairness demand a strong foundation of knowledge for all learners. — E.D. Hirsch Jr.

In a nation distracted by faction, there are, no doubt, always a few, though commonly but a very few, who preserve their judgment untainted by the general contagion. They seldom amount to more than, here and there, a solitary individual, without any influence, excluded, by his own candour, from the confidence of either party, and who, though he may be one of the wisest, is necessarily, upon that very account, one of the most insignificant men in the society. — Adam Smith

Performance is hard. I know this. I really enjoy it, but I have bombed, I have fluffed, and I have said the wrong thing. — Nick Harkaway

Whoever came up with the term "terrible twos" must have felt very foolish after their kid turned three. — Jim Gaffigan