Spining Quotes & Sayings

I'll always say my prayers ... and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me. — Johanna Spyri

No matter how far and where to birds may fly, they never lose their way and always find their way back home — Anamika Mishra

Maybe, if I were very, very, very lucky, I would somehow be able to save Edward. But I wasn't so stupid as to think that saving him would mean that I could stay with him. I was no different, no more special than I'd been before. There would be no new reason for him to want me now. Seeing him and losing him again ...
I fought back against the pain. This was the price I had to pay to save his life. I would pay it. — Stephenie Meyer

A baby nursing at a mother's breast ... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature. — David Suzuki

That which is timeless is also the most timely. — Joseph Pearce

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over. — Margaret Haddix

Every generation spins the wheel,Anya, and where it lands defines 'the good'. Funny thing is they never know that they're spining it, and it hits something different every time. — Gabrielle Zevin

War is America's central liturgical act necessary to renew our sense that we are a nation unlike other nations. — Stanley Hauerwas

HYSTERICAL HISTORY Bumping into Vincent O'Neil makes me think about what Uncle Frankie said. I need new material for Boston, not Vincent's stale and stinky fart jokes from The Big Book of Butt Bugles and Blampfs. So I keep my eyes open for new concepts to work out as I go to history class that afternoon. We're supposed to give a presentation on our favorite president. I chose Millard Fillmore. Why? Because nobody else will. Plus, his name is funny. Who knows? Maybe I'll get a whole bit out of him for Boston. I roll to the front of the class and prop a portrait of President Fillmore on the flip-chart easel. "Millard Fillmore was the thirteenth president of the United States. Born in January 1800, he was named after a duck. No, I'm sorry. That was his brother Mallard Fillmore. Millard Fillmore was the last member of the Whig Party to ever hold the office of president. Probably because they all wore wigs. — James Patterson

real key to motivation is in the timing of exactly when players anticipate and receive rewards. — Anonymous

She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless. — Alice Hoffman

Marriages are much more likely to succeed when the couple experiences a 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions whereas when the ratio approaches 1 to 1, marriages are more likely to end in divorce. — John M. Gottman

The Thin Man was a good break, because it was highly popular. I played a gigolo in it. — Cesar Romero

Poetry is a storm asking peace to dance with her. — Jenim Dibie

Darwin said if you made a list of eminent men, next of a list of eminent women, it was obvious that men were better at everything. — Jacky Fleming