Nelson Mandela Freedom Speech Quotes & Sayings

One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here [in Etretat] will at least have the merit of being unlike anyone else, at least I believe so, because it will simply be the expression of what I, and only I, have felt. — Claude Monet

Paul grasped humor only imperfectly, but supposed he could see the absurdity of it from a human perspective. "Yes, and you are a very charming bipedal bladder of fluid," he said. "Nicest thing anyone's said to me all day! — Jim Cleaveland

No matter what I do, it somehow comes out right - even if it was a mistake! — Mario Montez

If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I started and it's what I know, and it's what I love. I like when the actors are really partners and I want them to be excited and I want them to surprise me. I don't want them to be puzzle pieces. — John Cameron Mitchell

She made people accept that women had the right to control their own destinies. — Margaret Sanger

My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country. — Kellie Pickler

A lot of people are promoting records that are just throw-it-agains t-the-wall-see- if-it-sticks meaningless bullshit. Everybody has the responsibility to do the right thing and promote artists that mean something. — Dave Grohl

The American people want jobs and economic growth. Congress is doing nothing to provide that. The American people want their constitutional liberties protected. Congress is doing nothing to provide that. — Ted Cruz

I don't write poems. I don't give flowers to girls ... yet. — Rico Rodriguez

What's in the box? Not a severed head - again - I trust?" It seemed too small for that, fortunately. Cordelia's gray eyes glinted. "Now, now, Oliver. Bring home one dismembered body part, once, mind you, once, and people get twitchy about checking your luggage ever after. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Wash me, cried the slave to his Maker, and I shall be whiter, whiter than snow! — James Baldwin

Faith and humility are at their root one, and that we can never have more of true faith than we have of true humility. It is possible to have strong intellectual convictions and assurance of the truth while pride is still in the heart, but it makes living faith, which has power with God, impossible. — Andrew Murray

The joy of a small town lies in its unchanging nature. — Bryce Courtenay

She never had many friends, and the ones she had often disappointed her. Sometimes with devastating consequences, as she'd learned that summer with the Silent Assassins of the Red Desert. After that, she'd sworn never to trust girls again, especially girls with agendas and power of their own. Girls who would do anything to get what they wanted. — Sarah J. Maas

What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president? — Michael Bloomberg