Tentativley Quotes & Sayings

When the white man came to Africa, the white man had the Bible and the African had the land, but now it is the white man who is being, reluctantly and bloodily, separated from the land, and the African who is still attempting to digest or to vomit up the Bible. — James Baldwin

What is that old children's rhyme, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me'? Anyone who says that doesn't understand the power of words. They can cut deeper than any knife, hit harder than any fist, touch parts of you that nothing physical will ever reach, and the wounds that some words leave never heal, because each time the word is thrown at you, labeled on you, you bleed afresh from it. It's more like a whip that cuts every time, until you feel it must flay the very skin from your bones, and yet outwardly there is no wound to show the world, so they think you are not hurt, when inside part of you dies every time. — Laurell K. Hamilton

It was amusing to me to see how the detective's overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Because adoption is a lifelong journey, we have a future filled with the potential to learn invaluable lessons. But many of us haven't been taught that we have a choice in every situation in life. — Sherrie Eldridge

Soooo," Arriane said. "Now you've met Randy."
"I thought his name was Cam."
"We're not talking about him," Arriane said quickly. "I mean the she-man in there." Arriane jerked her head toward the office where they'd left the attendant in front of the TV. "Whaddya think-dude or chick?"
"Uh, chick?" Luce said tentativley. "Is this a test?"
Arriane cracked a smile. "The first of many. And you passed. At least, I think you passed. The gender of most of the faculty here is an ongoing, schoolwiide debate. Don't worry, you'll get into it. — Lauren Kate

Possibly the only dismaying aspect of excellence is that it makes living in a world of mediocrity an ongoing prospect of living hell. — Harlan Ellison

When life is woe, And hope is dumb, The World says, "Go!" The Grave says, "Come! — Arthur Guiterman

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning. — Alan Shearer

When I was young I would spend more money than I should with my credit card but my father cut it off, so I had to find creative ways of making money. — Carmen Busquets

The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke. — George Santayana

She begged for time to stop, for clocks to break, for every star to remain fixed. But none of that happened. — Alice Hoffman

I take pride in never being rude to anyone on this earth, which contains a great number of unbearable villains who set upon you to recount their sufferings and even recite their poems. — Heinrich Heine

There was no point in the gods trying to separate us. Whether we were on Earth or in hell, we'd spend the rest our days look for the other. — Taisha DeAza

Waste is the highest virtue one can achieve in an advanced capitalist society — Haruki Murakami

It's rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me. — Robin Zander