Retelling Worksheet Quotes & Sayings

The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair And I met with a ballad, I can't say where, That wholly consisted of lines like these. — Charles Stuart Calverley

Nona needs a very dry martini. — Holly Hood

The first billion is a helluva lot harder. — T. Boone Pickens

What southern whites further sought, and in a sense demanded, was respect. This the North provided after 1876 in paeans to the courage and dedication of soldiers on both sides. Resentment of northern power, the war's destruction, and Reconstruction continued to be strong in the South, and the work of white-supremacist politicians, army veterans, and southern women turned that resentment into a long-lasting ideology of the Lost Cause. Northerners, for their part, congratulated themselves on winning the war and freeing the slaves; they also took pleasure in feeling superior to the South for many generations, while industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and other social changes diverted much of their attention from wartime issues [184]. — Paul D. Escott

I thought how little we know about the feelings of old people. — Daphne Du Maurier

I'm perfectly happy about being superstitious and atheistic. — Philip Pullman

The lack of understanding of something is not evidence for God. It's evidence of a lack of understanding. — Lawrence M. Krauss

You shouldn't be pressured into trying to be thin by the fashion industry, because they only want models that are like human mannequins. They know that if we see an outfit on a mannequin in a shop window we will love it and want to buy it whatever size we are. That's why they have size zero models - they want to sell clothes. But you have to remember that it's not practical or possible for an everyday woman to look like that. Being size zero is a career in itself so we shouldn't try and be like them. It's not realistic and it's not healthy. — Rhianna

When we begin to view our experiences through the lens of gratitude, our heart, mind and spirit naturally expand. — David Brown Jr.

With God there are no dead ends, only training grounds. — John H. Walton

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself. — Jeanne Moreau

Beauty is a King that needs to be obeyed — Nuh Ha Mim Keller

(V)irtue, like sunshine, works its own sweet miracles — Louisa May Alcott

The biggest problem is startups in search of a problem. Chase what you're passionate about; you'll probably already have knowledge in the space. — Mike Krieger