Oxgoad Tool Quotes & Sayings

I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to look at me as a model. — Shirin Ebadi

You get to be a certain age and you start reading stuff about the age you are, and you think, what is wrong with these people who are writing these books? Do they not have necks? — Nora Ephron

Nation building is our central task, both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And states, nations can't just be built with military power. Despite all difficulties, it's very inspiring to see how the Kurds, the Arab Sunnis and the Shiites are coming together here, how they're jointly defining the basis on which their state is to be built, the political course this state will pursue and who is to receive which cabinet positions. — Zalmay Khalilzad

Every body allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. — Jane Austen

The THINGS that COUNT most IN LIFE ARE the THINGS that CAN'T BE COUNTED. — Zig Ziglar

The polarization of Congress; the decline of civility; and the rise of attack politics in the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early years of the new century are a blot on our political system and a disservice to the American people. — Edward Brooke

Disappointment is simply a dream that doesnt want to become a reality. — Richard Wilkins

My Lexie beams bright and she can do that shit even in her sleep. — Kristen Ashley

Women can change better'n a man," Ma said soothingly. "Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head."
"Man, he lives in jerks-baby born an' a man dies, an' that's a jerk-gets a farm and looses his farm, an' that's a jerk. Woman, its all one flow, like a stream, little eddies, little waterfalls, but the river, it goes right on. Woman looks at it like that. We ain't gonna die out. People is goin' on-changin' a little, maybe, but goin' right on. — John Steinbeck

I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to the top. — Greg Mortenson

Nicole's intuition told her not to follow the fireflies, but she said nothing. — Arthur C. Clarke

Don't you have something more important to do?" I asked him, flipping on the light on. "Like ruling the world or something" -Mercy — Patricia Briggs

I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere. — Cass McCombs