Presistance Quotes & Sayings

My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an American accent? I guess it was because a lot of the music I was listening to had American vocalists. — Emma Watson

People are afraid to own their own homes. People are afraid their own government will catch them fixing their houses. — Dave Barry

Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce mystery that we call death. — Eugene Kennedy

What has happened to America's survival instincts? — Tina Brown

We do not want to believe that we cannot control alcohol and that alcohol is, in truth, controlling and dictating our lives. When you free yourself of a dictator, like alcohol, the freedom that you experience is totally amazing and so empowering. You get your life back. — Liz Hemingway

Our lives look a lot more interesting when they're filtered through the sexy Facebook interface. We star in our own movies, we photograph ourselves incessantly, we click the mouse and a machine confirms our sense of mastery. — Jonathan Franzen

She couldn't help being a weasel. She was born that way. — Tessa Dare

The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism. — Mahatma Gandhi

Please take a moment to answer this questionnaire and discover if you can benefit from a Taco Cleanse: Do you experience recurring feelings of hunger on a daily basis? Do you frequently lack access to eating utensils such as forks or chopsticks? Do you consider tortillas to function as edible napkins? Do you enjoy attention from peers based on dietary restrictions? Do you experience a range of emotions? Do you tilt your head when inserting food into your mouth? Do you use medical websites to self-diagnose your symptoms? Answering yes to any of these questions may indicate that a Taco Cleanse is right for you. — Wes Allison

When you're playing to an audience that isn't your own, it's quite scary. — Gabrielle Aplin

There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else
but persistent. — Raoul Bott

She spoke Basque, which is a language which rarely makes any impression upon the brains of any other race, so that a man may hear it as often and as long as he likes, but never afterwards be able to recall a single syllable of it. — Susanna Clarke

From the king
To the beggar, by gradation, all are servants;
And you must grant, the slavery is less
To study to please one, than many. — Philip Massinger

There's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point. I got my partying out of my system in college. — Anne Hathaway

At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success. — Christy Romano