Petnaesta Quotes & Sayings

The familiar is by far the most beautiful. — Marty Rubin

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights. — Joseph Stiglitz

Sometimes the soul is questioning whether it [has] any patience, any faith, till God comes and puts him into an afflicted estate, where he must exercise this faith or perish. Then it [the soul] appears like one that thinks he cannot swim, yet being thrown into the river, then uniting all his strength, he makes a shift to swim to land, and sees what he can do. How [often] have we heard Christians say, 'I thought I could never have endured such a pain, trusted God in such a straight! But now God [has] taught me what he can do for me, what he wrought in me. — William Gurnall

Sometimes things do not go the way one wanted them to go ... At times like this, one would wish that one had not dreamt so much. Just hang in there ... destination is just a mile away. — Hari Kumar K

Now, hold on just one minute there, little miss disembodied voice. Thorne — Marissa Meyer

When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way were clergymen, they said that we had certain inalienable rights given to us by our creator, and among these life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, life being one of them. I still believe that. — Mike Huckabee

Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations. — Diane Watson

The nation which forgets it defenders will be itself forgotten. — Calvin Coolidge

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood

The purpose of education ... is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions. — James A. Baldwin

What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up. — Alanis Morissette

Shame is difficult. It's a weapon and a signal. It can paralyze or motivate. My friend Louis CK likes to say that "guilt is an intersection" Getting out of it means making a choice and moving forward. — Amy Poehler

That man is ... odd," I dared say to William. "He is, or has been, in many ways a great man. But for this very reason he is odd. It is only petty men who seem normal. Ubertino — Umberto Eco