Stacksocial Quotes & Sayings

What Hardy had found, however, was that he liked taking care of her. He liked being her knight in shining armor. He liked spending those few extra minutes with her. So he did. — M. Leighton

When I'm working, I'm obsessively working. — Penny Marshall

Memories tell me who I was, not who I'll become. They don't fix the present any more than they fix the past. — Caroline George

Good historical fiction can bring those sights, smells, and even the oppressive heat so alive, you feel that you are there, — Erin Brown Conroy

Letters always frustrate me with what's left out. — Eileen Drew

Until the Chinese decide to compete fairly it will be up to us to do what we can to further protect our manufacturing base, and ensure we keep the good paying jobs we already have. — Mike Rogers

If I had a dollar for every time I couldn't sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock

But the sound of water escaping from mill-dams, &c., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things. Shakespeare could make everything poetical; he tells us of poor Tom's haunts among "sheep cotes and mills." As long as I do paint, I shall never cease to paint such places. They have always been my delight. — John Constable

As proof of this statement, consider this question: Have the people ever been known to rise against the Court of Appeals, or mob a Justice of the Peace, in order to get higher wages, free credit, tools of production, favorable tariffs, or government-created jobs? Everyone knows perfectly well that such matters are not within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals or a Justice of the Peace. And if government were limited to its proper functions, everyone would soon learn that these matters are not within the jurisdiction of the law itself. — Frederic Bastiat

People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey. — Jean Paul Gaultier

And that was when I said 'Henry, the placement of the comma depends on whether 'I ate grandmother' or 'I ate, grandmother'. — Mia Castile

[C]ivilians are equally bewildering to the addict. I've watched people drink a glass and a half of wine and push away the rest. What exactly is the point of that? — David Carr

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men. — Dan Harmon