Recognising Living Quotes & Sayings

In very different ways, the possibility that the universe is teeming with life, and the opposite possibility that we are totally alone, are equally exciting. Either way, the urge to know more about the universe seems to me irresistible, and I cannot imagine that anybody of truly poetic sensibility could disagree. — Richard Dawkins

Tolerance is NOT acceptance. And that's the problem with ALL religion. It teaches acceptance only for those who believe exactly as you do, and at best, tolerance for the rest of us "sinners." Sorry. Not acceptable. — Quentin R. Bufogle

Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible. — A.A. Gill

None of them knew that it wasn't because he was a nice guy; it was because he was one of them. The hard reality was that life had put them all where they didn't want to be, namely on their backs for people they didn't want to be fucking. — J.R. Ward

The peoples influenced by the animal dance have a variety of movements and dance with enthusiasm; those who do not know the animal dance have few movements and show little zest for dancing. — Curt Sachs

I have a hard time watching myself. — Logan Lerman

What is courage?" its chorus asked
and the song answered, "It is to give when hope is gone, when there is no chance that men may call you a hero, when you have tried and failed and rise to try again." It asked the same of friendship, answering that "the friend stands beside you when you are right and all others despise you for it. — Mercedes Lackey

If you take away the predators in the prairies and the national parks, you suddenly have an explosion of elk, and then you have a lack of the food source for the elk, so they strip all the ground bare and that takes away the cover, on and on and on and on. The whole food chain is disrupted. — Peter Benchley

You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'ma lie to you ... make it sound fly to you. — Cee Lo Green

You cant reach old age by another man's road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you — Mark Twain

What man is really anti-progressive? For he is only anti-certain-people's-visions-for-the-future. — Criss Jami

The cheaper books become, the less money is spent on books. — George Orwell

The daily lessons have opened my mind to higher possibilities and given me a newfound personal wisdom. Success is now the only option, it's what I now expect for myself. — Karyn White