Shkonline Quotes & Sayings

That's why I named my bakery Flour. It's a reminder that in baking, as in life, simple things are best. — Joanne Chang

It is what people do not know that they persecute each other about. — Robert Green Ingersoll

A village in a country which is taking pains to become altogether standardized and pure, which aspires to succeed Victorian England as the chief mediocrity of the world, is no longer merely provincial, no longer downy and restful in its leaf-shadowed ignorance. It is a force seeking to conquer the earth ... Sure of itself, it bullies other civilizations, as a traveling salesman in a brown derby conquers the wisdom of China and tacks advertisements of cigarettes over arches for centuries dedicated to the sayings of Confucius. — Sinclair Lewis

I want epic love, like you see in the movies. I want it so desperately that it fills my heart when I even think about the possibility of it. — L. H. Cosway

Well, how did you die, then?" the old man finally asked.
"Die?" Matthew threw back. "Are you crazy? I'm not dead. I'm just very late. — J. Tonzelli

I'm very proud of the auto industry in Michigan. — Rick Snyder

And the guelder rose
In a great stillness dropped, and ever dropped,
Her wealth about her feet. — Jean Ingelow

If you don't know why you'd hire you, neither will they. — Frank Sonnenberg

Allah says in Surah Ar-Rahman that every thing in the Heavens and the Earth begs Allah for its needs. The argument can be made that an atheist doesn't ask Allah for anything at all. The answer to that is simple: his throat begs to Allah when it is thirsty, his heart seeks permission from Allah before beating each and every single time, and every blood cell asks Allah's permission before traveling through his veins. There is only one small part of his heart, his free will, that is in disobedience to Allah. And even that part will beg to Allah on Judgment Day. — Nouman Ali Khan

Failure is not a crime. Failure to learn from failure is. — Walter Wriston

Not to be harsh, but why do we care so much about celebrity acceptance of Christian beliefs? — Monica Johnson

The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world. — Noam Chomsky