Mindsparks Educational Materials Quotes & Sayings

Two buddies are walking home together. As they get to the fork where they part ways, the one turns to the other and says "Man...life sure stinks!". His pal grins and says "I think life is beautiful." From a nearby park bench an old bum overhears them. With a shaky voice from years of experiences he looks up at them... "You're both right." he say's as he turns to the 2nd fellow. "But I'd rather walk with you. — Unknown

At any other time Doug would have been slowing the car, peering through the trees, on the lookout for interesting old architecture. Because Douglas Llewellyn was an architect, the senior partner of — Kasey Michaels

If a tech journalist needs financial security before doing what their conscience dictates, I'm not sure they should be calling themselves journalists at all. — Michael Arrington

I would guess that any criticism about Wal-Mart could have some element of truth with 1,500,000 people. — Lee Scott

I know gay - gay people who aren't married who are better parents than some, you know, straight people I know who are married. — Denis Leary

You may have heard that back in the States there are some people who are smoking grass. I don't know how you feel, but it's sure easier than cutting the stuff. — Pat Morita

...shame spreads through his body like a drop of red dye in water. — Zak Ebrahim

An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it. — Roger Ebert

I need ten thousand angels to walk me out the door. — Mindy McCready

How can I love you and not be afraid? You're my life, Eve, my heart. You're asking, you're wondering if I ever worry, if I ever fear, that one day Peabody or Feeney, your commander - a cop who's become a friend - will knock on my door? Of course I do. — J.D. Robb

To ask any parent to suffer the loss of a child is to ask more than any parent can possibly give. But to deny any individual the right to walk the path they have chosen, because we cannot imagine our lives without them, carries a heavy price. You have never known this because you have never faced this choice. You've never had to sacrifice anything, because of your power to alter reality to suit your whims. I understand this truth. We mortals have tried to soften it in platitudes. 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.' 'Death before dishonor.' In the end, nothing makes it easier to accept. I've given my life once for those I love, and I'm about to do it again. To have made any other choice was to grant fear dominion. Your son is a remarkable individual. Don't ask him to be less than he is. He has made his choice. — Kirsten Beyer

Well,' I laughed, 'I certainly don't know God, and frankly I'm inclined to think that God is impossible to believe in, at least most of the notions of God that I've come across.' 'Oh, of course, naturally, God is impossible. That is the first proof that He exists.' He — Gregory David Roberts

When you look at my photos, just look into the eyes of my subjects. The eyes say so much. — Jamel Shabazz

I think new experiences are extremely important. I think it's really important to constantly challenge yourself. Comfort is not a good thing. It's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone and to look for new challenges. — Elijah Wood

To think of failure is to fail. — Arthur Saxon