Reflecting On Accomplishments Quotes & Sayings

Do not tell me that I have not shown courage in standing up to the gun people, in voting to ban assault weapons, voting for instant background checks, voting to end the gun show loophole and now in a position to create a consensus in America on gun safety. — Bernie Sanders

He could guide anyone to the point of no return. He'd corral them with poetry, music, invoking the alcoholic gods that all died young. But we were so young, we didn't know we had anything we would miss. — Hannah Lillith Assadi

Nothing ever comes out the way I hope it will. That first vision, that initial vision you have of a book, what it's going to be like when it's done, it begins to go wrong the second you start to write. — Michael Chabon

Never, ever say the dildo accidentally turned itself on. — Chuck Palahniuk

My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much. — Gabrielle Zevin

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move. — Colin Powell

What do you get the man who has everything? Might I suggest a gravestone inscribed with the words: so what? — Simon Munnery

what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God? — Kristin Hannah

More than anything, it's [yoga] really led to a solid belief in two fundamental things: that we have everything we will ever need, and more, within us, and we are all one. Not only has it given me great lessons in abundance and the infiniteness of our gifts, but it has led to a more conscious enjoyment of my work and my life. — Reggie Lee

Continuously, in commemoration of the Friend
We drank wine, even before the creation of the vine. — Idries Shah

I try not to get too rattled about things that aren't that important - there's a different outburst for when the kids are reaching for a knife in the kitchen versus the reaction I have when they just won't stop talking. And my wife and I have mellowed out as we've gone along. — Chris O'Donnell

Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith. — Robert A. Heinlein