Shivered Def Quotes & Sayings

The dead are visible only in the terrible lidless eye of memory. — John Green

The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home. — Augustine Of Hippo

Love, all agreeable as it is, charms more by the fashion in which it displays itself, than by its own true merit. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We talk about this and that. There's no rest except on these branching moments. — Rumi

carpe diem." "What?" "It's Latin," I said. "It means, complain in daylight. — Jeff Lindsay

I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could ever feel to divest the States of the authorities of that description. The regulation of the mere domestic police of a State appears to me to hold out slender allurements to ambition. — Alexander Hamilton

My two favorite musicals growing up in were 'Annie' and 'Sweeney Todd,' and my best friend and I would sing all the songs when I was a kid. — Katie Finneran

Trust that you can get back up and not give in. Ever. — Patrick Willis

It is understandable how some people could give way to this kind of pervasive pessimism, but we speak of a gospel which brings good tidings of great joy and this must be reflected in our lives, if we are to be believable especially as we suggest to others that there is, in fact, not only a better way, but also the way. Scriptures that speak of man as a being who "might have joy" have more impact when falling from the lips or pens of men and women whose lives give fresh evidence of the validity of that scripture. — Neal A. Maxwell

The trail of lime trees outside our building is still a public loo. ... where else are they supposed to go to the toilet in a city where public toilets are about as common as UFO sightings? (pp.281-82) — Sarah Turnbull

Deeds done from bad motives remain everlastingly tainted. — Thich Nhat Hanh

It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that. — Prince

True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure. — Sidney Poitier

Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility. — Marcus Aurelius

The car was originally owned by a man who had made a fortune manufacturing bidis, the cheap cigarettes wrapped in the leaf of the ebony tree and tied at one end with a string. — Deepak Chopra