Survivorship Life Quotes & Sayings

Never judge the length of a book by it's spine! — Stephanie Bates

The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life. — Richard Steele

All humans at some time experience injustice, assault, disqualification, invasion and betrayal. No person is completely shielded. We need not trace our family trees very far back or study for long what life was like for our forbears to uncover humanity's abusiveness. The inherited scars of our multigenerational families exist in our family systems as we know them today. The abuse of the past often exists as the shame of today, and the shame is perpetuated through our patterns of interaction. — Merle A. Fossum

Maude meant nothing that she said. She knew how pretty she looked in furs. She was a rattle, not understanding her own bnoise; but the scholar hung upon her words, and believed them inspired, and did not know they were murmurings from a shell. — Ernest G. Henham

Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine." — Samuel Rutherford

Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous. — Dick Cavett

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. — Michel De Montaigne

There are many vampires in the world today ... you only have to think of the film business. — Christopher Lee

My responsibility isn't to paint a flattering portrait; my responsibility is to paint a real portrait, a true portrait. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them. — Marco Rubio

Many years later, Sophia will think of this night, and how close she was to tears. She will wonder how she could have allowed herself to arrive there, but also feel a twinge of loss for the girl still capable of losing control. — Jeremy Tiang

I have only two regrets:
I didn't shoot Henry Clay and I didn't hang John C. Calhoun. — Andrew Jackson