Studystack Quotes & Sayings

The whole world is, to me, very much "alive" - all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can't look at a swell bit of grass and earth, for instance, without feeling the essential life - the things going on - within them. The same goes for a mountain, or a bit of the ocean, or a magnificent piece of old wood. — Ansel Adams

it is my firm belief that in life, you get, what you give! — Jeffrey Chatham

The eyes of critics, whether in commending or carping, are both on one side, like a turbot's. — Walter Savage Landor

I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the Bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce, since Eve was his second wife. — Harvey Fierstein

Yes. But sad's alright. Sad's just apart of everything — David Almond

You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer. — Ron Howard

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team. — Ben Horowitz

All I am and all I have is at the service of my country. — Stonewall Jackson

If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules. — Rene Balcer

Totus mundus agit histrionem. (All the World's a Stage.)
[Motto of William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (f. 1599) and its acting company, The King's Men; taken from the first play to be performed on the new stage.] — William Shakespeare

I reckon we could all use an opportunity to endear ourselves to our wives." He looked to Rycliff and Thorne. "When's the last time you did something heroic for your lady?"
Rycliff smirked. "Last night."
Thorne drained his tankard and cracked his neck. "This morning."
"I didn't mean in bed," Colin said. Under his breath he added, "Braggarts. — Tessa Dare

The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today's earnings for the future. Anything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old. — Bernard Baruch