Spouters Quotes & Sayings

During my sorrowful outburst, my mother had remained entirely impassive. But then why not? Was she not mad? Nay, she was not. She had successfully discarded, as I also wished to do, the arduous yoke of a troublesome existence and had escaped to a tranquil haven somewhere beyond the reach of our world. — Geoff Cooper

BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one. — Swami Vivekananda

If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up. — Toni Morrison

IN THE TORRID London summer of 1886, William Gladstone was up against Benjamin Disraeli for the post of prime minister of the United Kingdom. This was the Victorian era, so whoever won was going to rule half the world. In the very last week before the election, both men happened to take the same young woman out to dinner. Naturally, the press asked her what impressions the rivals had made. She said, "After dining with Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest person in England. But after dining with Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest person in England." Guess who won the election? It was the man who made others feel intelligent, impressive, and fascinating: Benjamin Disraeli. — Olivia Fox Cabane

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page. — Brody Armstrong

Massachusetts is seeing a surge in the number of unvaccinated children. Last year nearly 1,200 kids entered kindergarten with religious or philosophical vaccine exemptions, roughly double the total about a decade ago. — Deborah Blum

I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country. — Bashar Al-Assad

If we aren't actively pursuing what we want, we don't really want it. — Peter McWilliams

We know we cannot plant seeds with closed fists. To sow, we must open our hands. — Adolfo Perez Esquivel

But this girl ... she doesn't feel pointless. She's real and she's beautiful and she fits perfectly when she's in my arms. She makes me want to feel. — Monica Murphy

You should know by now that love is never a weakness, Ares. Love is the mortal world's greatest strength. — Gina Ardito