Sweet 16 Candles Quotes & Sayings

The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it ... Do not misunderstand me, but understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land. I never said the land was mine to do with it as I chose. The one who has the right to dispose of it is the one who created it. I claim a right to live on my land and accord you the privilege to live on yours. — Chief Joseph

Blair worshipped Thatcherism, could see little or no wrong in it, believed that that was what the country needed, thought that there was no alternative, regarded it as a legacy that had to be built on rather than rejected. — Martin Jacques

Lyric helps invoke the core person. And, without lyric, it is difficult to touch the core. Lyrical music is the music of India. — Dayananda Saraswati

A major part of the meaning of life is contained in the very process of discovering it. — Ira Progoff

The truth is that nothing between Patty and Richard was ever going to last, because they couldn't help being disappointments to each other, because neither was as lovable to the other as Walter was to both of them. Every time Patty lay by herself after sex, she sank down into sadness and loneliness, because Richard was always going to be Richard, whereas with Walter, there had always been the possibility, however faint, and however slow in its realization, that their story would change and deepen. — Jonathan Franzen

The Arabian horse will not plough well, nor can the plough-horse be rode to play the jereed. — Margaret Fuller

No, no, the songs write themselves, almost. — Mel Brooks

Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating. — Albert Hadley

Herald Loomis, you shining! You shining like new money! — August Wilson

If you forgive people enough, you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not - squatter's rights of the heart — James Hilton

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. — Alexander Hamilton

I'm like a man who's been half-asleep all his life, trying to find out what he was like before he woke up. — Daniel Keyes

When people ask you to do stuff, it's not your idea anymore, so it's tough to get behind it. — Ira Kaplan

I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in the company when someone demonstrates a passion for the job and leadership skills at every step along the way and is rewarded with a leadership role. — Richard Branson

His voice sounded more sincere in these surroundings, less distorted by pride and pain. — Walter Kirn