September 11 Tributes Quotes & Sayings

Think about a person who typically sees things differently than you do. Consider ways in which those differences might be used as stepping-stones to third alternative solutions. Perhaps you could seek out his or her views on a current project or problem, valuing the different views you are likely to hear. — Stephen R. Covey

When I'm with all my little ones, people with grown or teenage children always tell me, "You're going to miss this." I have to assume they are talking about my children being young and not the conversation I'm having with them, because I am not going to miss people giving me advice about children. — Jim Gaffigan

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist. — Thomas M. Disch

Dilly clapped her hands as she bounced on her feet, her excitement bubbling over even more. "They come ta help you, Mr. T. See? I tole ya there'd be someone. There's always someone that comes when you need them. Always, always, always. — Jackie Castle

The complement of remembering so thoroughly can be the strange inability to forget anything at all. — Alexandra Horowitz

I get fired up when emotions are involved. I think it pulls a little bit of extra out of me. — Jon Jones

Yet, to yield, to accept death: the mind forbade it. The mind demanded, against all sense, to go on. Fanning — Justin Cronin

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime. — Angela Davis

One of the evils of democracy is, you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not. — Will Rogers

The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself — Henry Miller

Everyone dreams of living in Paris. — Natalie Portman

Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan continued. Mr. Obama would be forced back into a war on terror if terrorist groups pull off enough damaging or frightening attacks to force this issue to the fore. — Walter Russell Mead

I know what I don't want. I don't want to live through somebody else. To do what others expect me to do, be what they think I should be. I have to make my own choices, my own decisions. I have to control my own life, at least as much as any of us can — Kay Hooper

A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them. — Richard Le Gallienne

Every little pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me. — Henry David Thoreau