Pervasive Usa Quotes & Sayings

You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become. — The Bhagavad Gita

For never has there been, in modern times, such a Homeric world, where so much value is pinned onto the utterance of name! Entire conversations, entire lives, are devoted to the act of naming people, and in Pakistan the affluent would be totally devoid of talk if they were unable to take names in vain. Caste and all its subclassifications are recreated every day in the structure of a conversation that knows which names to name ... — Sara Suleri

When you complain you actually weaken yourself. You generate feelings in yourself of inferiority and inadequacy. You feel angry and resentful. You feel negative and unsure. Your level of self-confidence and self-respect actually declines as you complain about anything to someone else. You hurt yourself by complaining much more than you hurt the target of the complaints, who you may not affect at all. — Brian Tracy

God never gives up on us no matter how hard we try to get ourselves loose. God does not let go. That doesn't mean he controls everything we do. It doesn't mean he puts a bridle on us and leads us by the nose. He gives each one of us free will and common sense and a spirit that can communicate with his. When we go through afflictions, he allows us to choose our response. But no matter what our response may be, he sticks around to the bitter end. — Barbara Johnson

Niagara Falls Power Company chose to go with AC current to feed the industry of Buffalo, which became briefly known as the electric city of the future. — A.A. Gill

I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death. — Dan Harmon

We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times. — James Connolly

It will always be the ultimate, because you're my ultimate. — Erin McCarthy

Rough fingers palmed his throat. "Can you forget that, amante?" Soft kisses brushed his forehead, nose and eyes. "I can't. I dare you to try." Pagan moved away, taking his heat with him. — Avril Ashton

I'd discovered, after a lot of extreme apprehension about what spoons to use, that if you do something incorrect at table with a certain arrogance, as if you knew perfectly well you were doing it properly, you can get away with it and nobody will think you are bad-mannered or poorly brought up. They will think you are original and very witty. — Sylvia Plath

I live an hour from NASA's HQ in Washington, D.C., and sitting in a jam stresses me out. — Ellen Stofan

By giving the leadership to the private sector in a capitalistic society, we're going to measure the value of art by how many products we can sell. — Robert Wilson

There is a sad end I used to live
even before I knew
this is how I was meant to begin. — Khadija Rupa

I always judge a man by his shoes and his watch. — Tamer Hassan