Sympathy Bench Quotes & Sayings

I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives. — R.J. Palacio

Too many people in this world think small is the best they can do. Not you, Libby Strout. You weren't born for small! You don't know how to do small! Small is not in you! — Jennifer Niven

The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S. — Elon Musk

All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self. — Diane Ackerman

You should know me well enough by now to know I don't ask for things I don't think I can get. — Bette Davis

Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk. — Idries Shah

You'd think the man could have called her once, she thought, scowling at her boots. Sent a telegram, a damn smoke signal. — Nora Roberts

If our Trade be taxed, why not our Lands, or Produce in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation. — Samuel Adams

If there is any danger in the present weather, in the name of God, Monsieur, wait until spring — Vincent De Paul

A photographer looks at everything, which is why he must look from beginning to end. Face the subject head-on, stay fixed, turn the entire body into an eye and face the world. — Shomei Tomatsu

When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine. — David Friedman

The first time you get a ride on a surf board and you are being propelled along by a wave, it's probably as close as humans can get to being able to fly like a bird — Gerry Lopez

If there were no risk of a punishment, a getaway would lose the pleasure. — Kobo Abe

When I first came to the States, I thought I had a perfect American accent, and then I was abruptly becoming aware that it wasn't. So I did have to work on it a little bit, but I was hesitant working on it because I thought it was good. — Joel Kinnaman