Purtell Century Quotes & Sayings

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Do you ever feel that we are only building sand castles? Why do so many things happen to us? I am afraid the little we have left will be swept away, too. Why bother? — Sook Nyul Choi

and kisses are a better fate than wisdom - e. e. cummings, "since feeling is first — Scott Westerfeld

I was told I had an overabundance of original sin. — Susan Sarandon

A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them.
[Letter to the Millicent (Rogers) Library, February 22, 1894] — Mark Twain

There's a war coming, isn't there? — Josephine Angelini

Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy. — Lech Walesa

Some of Eminem's rap songs kind of have the teenage love songs like the fifties love songs. It's kind of like domestic drama set to music. He is really good storyteller. — Bruce Dickinson

In order to lead a fascinating life, one brimming with art, music, intrigue, and romance, you must surround yourself with precisely those things. — Kate Spade

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. — Mark Twain

I don't know that I'm post-anything. I'd like to think maybe I'm post-bullshit. — Baratunde Thurston

I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it. — Rachel Roy

I am sorry to tell you that I am getting very extravagant and spending all my money: and what is worse for you, I have been spending yours too. — Jane Austen

Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value. — Boyd K. Packer