Nonliteral Books Quotes & Sayings

The four most powerful words in the English language - please, thanks, sorry and why. — Wendy Alexander

I'm thinking of people in rural Japan and China, where McDonald's hasn't yet arrived. These are the thinnest, healthiest, longest-lived people with the least risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. — Neal Barnard

Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy. — Hosea Ballou

Did you know that at some point, a mama eagle pushes her babies out of the nest? She shoves them right out, and they have to fly to survive the fall." "And if they don't fly?" "I guess they don't buy her a Mother's Day present. — Jenny B. Jones

Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour ... To stand in unity against extremism in all its forms and to stand up for our cherished faith, Islam. And so that the lasting image of these terrible events is an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy and support between people of all faiths and cultures. — Queen Rania Of Jordan

Clothing was something I always wanted to do. I've been pulling tear sheets from magazines since I was a little girl. — Nicole Richie

No matter how well thought out it is, and regardless of which "best practices" it includes, no method can replace thinking. — Anonymous

We must be careful not to recite ugliness in our hearts because it will eventually find its way out. — Alisa Hope Wagner

Every author does not write for every reader — Samuel Johnson

Will speechless for once, a glass of water frozen halfway to his lips — Cassandra Clare

Companies are always being bought and sold. The markets are always moving; you have to be on top of your position. And in the U.S., the market is never closed for more than three days. The only time the market was ever closed was 9/11. I think it may have been closed the whole week. — Karen Finerman

Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness/ Which is the swiftest of all things: all were eternal torment. — William Blake