Screwballs King Quotes & Sayings

It was like they waited to tell each other things that had never been told before. What she had to say was terrible and afraid. But what he would tell her was so true that it would make everything all right. Maybe it was a thing that could not be spoken with words or writing. Maybe he would have to let her understand this in a different way. That was the feeling she had with him. — Carson McCullers

Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark. — Swami Vivekananda

I want to be part of you," he whispered. "I want forever with you. — Lisa Kleypas

WFor to put oneself above the law is a fundamental recipe for disaster. — Neal Shusterman

Contrary to most people's beliefs, music is in me, forever. I can recall it at any moment with utter precision. — Shayan Italia

To many of my liberal and atheist friends and colleagues, an explanation for religious beliefs such as what I have presented in this book is tantamount to discounting both its internal validity and its external reality. Many of my conservative and theist friends and colleagues take it this way as well and therefore bristle at the thought that explaining a belief explains it away. This is not necessarily so. Explaining why someone believes in democracy does not explain away democracy; explaining why someone who holds liberal or conservative values within a democracy does not explain away those values. — Michael Shermer

Tim Mason. The human equivalent of C-4. — Huntley Fitzpatrick

Confidence sells
people believe in those who believe in themselves. No one wants to be stuck in a room with other people who feel like they don't deserve to be there. Stop wondering if you're good enough. Know you are, and start acting like it. — Simon Black

But when you have been nourishing your soul on expectation, reality is apt to be disappointing. — Eric Ambler

Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. We are each so atomically numberous and so vigorously recycled at death that a significant number of our atoms-up to a billion for each of us, it has been suggested-probably once belonged to Shakespeare. A billion more each came from Buddha and Genghis Khan and Beethoven, and any other historical figure you care to name. — Bill Bryson

I've found that falling asleep is the best way to politely excuse yourself from an unwanted interaction. — Babe Walker

I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is a universal, built-in mechanism designed to cultivate empathy and compassion. — Eric Whitacre

So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough. — Amanda Bynes

Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice. — Stephen Covey

We should be proud of our country when we have done something to be proud of, when we have lived up to our own standards. But the flip side of genuine pride is being able to recognize when we have fallen short, and to hold ourselves to account. — Anne-Marie Slaughter