Personnalites Quotes & Sayings

There can be no dedication to Canada's future without a knowledge of its past. — John Diefenbaker

Military men say that troops can stand twenty percent losses; more than that, they go to pieces. But we had many an outfit with only twenty percent survivors and they went on fighting. — Upton Sinclair

I guess I'm kind of a mutt. I was born in the U.S., my parents are from Mexico, and I grew up in Switzerland. It's weird because I sound American, but I spell theater 'theatre' with the 'r' before the 'e'. — Roberto Aguire

'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a masterpiece because it is an episodic novel that has a rigorous form - an unprecedented combination. From the very beginning we know the town of Macondo will endure only a century, so there is a limit to the length of the narrative. — Edmund White

To saints their very slumber is a prayer. — St. Jerome

I find artists like Tim Barry, Cory Branan, and Jenny Owen Youngs, these current artists that are doing what they're doing now are my idols, my generation's incredible songwriters. I've listened to so much music on the whole ride and I'm inspired by a lot of classic artists, but it's the people right next to me singing songs that are blowing my mind, if that makes any sense. — Chuck Ragan

New York, I thought, was a city defined by its flaws. In every possible way, its virtues were overwhelmed by its vices, as Jekyll was by Hyde. Yet it was these very vices that gave the city its character - like tar in an oak barrel lending its flavor to Scotch. — Miles Watson

I didn't avoid my problems. I just didn't feel as though I had to focus on them every minute of every day. And telling people about certain aspects of my life would only create trouble. If I was guilty of anything, it was of trying not to bring new problems into my life. That wasn't avoidance. That was logical thinking. — Mara Purnhagen

I knew you were the one when I realized your smile was my heaven, your laugh my favorite song, and your arms my home. — Steve Maraboli

I should imagine that in my time I have eaten enough horses to provide a royal escort. — Auberon Waugh

I was mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember until I left home at the age of eighteen — Joyce Meyer