Rockenbaugh Library Quotes & Sayings

Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths? — Edith Wharton

The man who reproaches you is unfair;
You're a woman and not a saint. — Abbas Ibn Al-Ahnaf

[F]or fate granted him the immense good fortune of losing his memory. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I do hear from people at my exhibition about seeing these things made from this toy from their childhood, and it brings them back. They'll go and buy a set of Lego from the gift shop because of that nostalgia and seeing it at the art exhibition. — Nathan Sawaya

Watch over Honoria, will you? See she doesn't marry an idiot. (Daniel Smythe-Smith) — Julia Quinn

How to succeed? Try hard enough. — Malcolm Forbes

Definitely you don't become famous by doing something bad; that's a professional death sentence. — Julie Payette

Nothing is inevitable with relationships. — Lorenzo Lamas

I wouldn't say I was really into fashion before modelling; I was into creation. — Erin Wasson

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone

That's my job - to make sure everything is great. — Steve Jobs

I do go to football sometimes but I don't know the offside rule or free-kicks - or side kicks - or whatever they're called. — Victoria Beckham

Lincoln failed in business. He failed as a farmer. He lost running for state legislature. He had a nervous breakdown. He was rejected for a job as a land officer. When he was finally elected to the legislature, he lost the vote to be speaker. He ran for Congress and lost. He ran for and lost a U.S. Senate seat. He ran for vice president and lost. He ran for the Senate and lost again. And, when he was finally elected president, the nation he was elected to lead broke apart. But by this time, all the activities, experiences, and people he came to know in the process helped him set a direction for that country that will stand as one of America's great legacies. — Anonymous

THE THOUGHTS that rain their steady glow Like stars on life's cold sea, Which others know, or say they know - They never shone for me. Thoughts light, like gleams, my spirit's sky, 5 But they will not remain. They light me once, they hurry by, And never come again. — Matthew Arnold