Qqqq Quotes & Sayings

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost. — Napoleon Bonaparte

[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I've been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I've gotten over my original astonishment. — Nadia Boulanger

I want to keep feeling the way I feel when I'm with you. Just tell me what I have to do. And give me some room to screw up. I've never done this before. There's a learning curve. — Sylvia Day

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. — Stephen Chbosky

Have you reckon'd a thousand acres much? have you reckon'd the earth much?
Have you practis'd so long to learn to read?
Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems? — Walt Whitman

For the first time, Ax saw that there could be strength in serenity, and steel beneath stillness. — Sean Williams

All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't show the million decisions that led to that moment. — Richard Bach

The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind ... — Octavia E. Butler

I went to the club to escape my life and pretend I'm somebody else. Now I don't know who I am anymore. — E. Leo Foster

There is a man waiting for a woman like you, don't settle for someone who only opens half of your heart. — Nikki Rowe

Whenever I don't state the climatic conditions, read "raining. — Bruce Bairnsfather