Schaming Memorial Scholarship Quotes & Sayings

I never worry about action, but only inaction. — Winston Churchill

I play a lot of sports. I played football for 12 years, I like tennis, I surf, I snowboard, and I ski. I always like to do an activity. — Caroline Winberg

I'm looking for a bunch of new tchotchkes that represent the new part of my life. — Sally Field

The third major rebel against Catholicism was Henry VIII, whose administration burned, on average, 3.25 heretics per year.38 — Steven Pinker

Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be. — Oscar De La Renta

It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift. — Jimmy Wales

I know that Dad was an idol to millions who grew up loving his music and his ideals. But to me he wasn't a musician or a peace icon, he was the father I loved and who let me down in so many ways. After the age of five, when my parents separated, I saw him only a handful of times, and when I did he was often remote and intimidating. I grew up longing for more contact with him but felt rejected and unimportant in his life.
... While Dad was fast becoming one of the wealthiest men in his field, Mum and I had very little and she was going out to work to support us. — Julian Lennon

Not everyone can look past an insult and continue to work with the person who slights them — Jean Johnson

She wasn't blotto, she was plotting. — Susanna Kaysen

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences. — Soren Kierkegaard

Perhaps they assumed that he would have a hard time putting her first. Perhaps they had not understood that for a long time she had come first with him, that for many years she had been his heart's home and his mind's anchor and that fighting to keep her alive was essential to preserving his own soul. — Rafael Yglesias

Even if they allowed her to do all the crazy things she wanted to do, she wouldn't know where to start. She had never done anything crazy. — Paulo Coelho

I never stop. I don't want to stop acting because I'm afraid it'll all end, so I never say no. — Allison Janney

Mubarak came to power as a hero who fought bravely in Egypt's wars and headed the nation's air force. — Ahmed Zewail

It used to be if you wanted something nice to wear, you would sew it yourself for your body type. Women before the 20th century didn't have this problem. Now, it seems we're all squeezed into random designs. They're designed for no one. — Caitlin Moran