N4nc Quotes & Sayings

She was wet with my crying. Up around her collar the cotton of her dress was plastered to her skin. I could see her darkness shining through the wet places. She was like a sponge, absorbing what I couldn't hold anymore. — Sue Monk Kidd

You can't make a movie for everybody. You can't go into it trying to alienate people, but you have to assume that you're going to. — Ryan Gosling

When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy. — Steven Pinker

It may be true that "expressing ourselves," giving free rein to our "natural" impulses, gives us momentary relief from our inner tensions, but we remain trapped in the endless circle of our usual habits. Such a lax attitude doesn't solve any serious problems, since in being ordinarily oneself, one remains ordinary. As the French philosopher Alain has written, "You don't need to be a sorcerer to cast a spell over yourself by saying 'This is how I am. I can do nothing about it. — Matthieu Ricard

Don't try to fine-tune somebody else's view. — George H. W. Bush

It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth - a rising, thriving middle class. — Barack Obama

The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on political issues from getting called whores by Oxycontin addicts. — Bill Maher

A successful life does not result from chance; nor is it determined by fate or good fortune, but rather through a succession of successful days. — Ari Kiev