Twangy Speaking Quotes & Sayings

It's one thing to go into a fight knowing you'll probably lose. Quite another to be told that to win, you must offer up your throat to be slit. — Darren Shan

In acting, you can't do things for the money. You've got to do a project because you like it. — Charity Shea

Remember that it is not enough to have everything around you beautiful, remember that there must also be change and flux, because it is through change that we pretend that we can make decisions, and keep our pride, and go on pretending that both change and choice exist. — Marian Engel

Man is a sad mammal that combs its hair. — Cees Nooteboom

He hadn't lost Grace. Because she'd never been his to lose in the first place. — Alexandra Potter

We are training not isolated men but a living group of men, - nay, a group within a group. And the final product of our training must be neither a psychologist nor a brickmason, but a man. And to make men, we must have ideals, broad, pure, and inspiring ends of living, - not sordid money-getting, not apples of gold. The worker must work for the lory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame. And all this is gained only by human strife and longing; by ceaseless training and education; by founding Right on righteousness and Truth on the unhampered search for Truth ... and weaving thus a system, not a distortion, and bringing a birth, not an abortion. — W.E.B. Du Bois

Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it. — Rosa Parks

Later that summer, as rain fell, such a moment shimmered and paused on the brink, and then began the ancient dance of numbers: two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and a new life took root and began to grow. And thus the generations past were joined to the unknowable future. — Mary Doria Russell

What's a quantum extrapolator?' I ask.
'You are, — Tade Thompson

You must listen!" the tiny monster squeaked. She grabbed it as it made to climb onto the dashboard, and then she shook it fiercely. "No!" she bellowed. "You must listen! — Karl Schroeder

The thing about living without a father if he's always gone is that it takes a long time to realize he isn't coming home. — Stephen Rodrick

I believe that God totally, absolutely, intentionally gives us more than we can handle. Because this is when we surrender to Him and He takes over, proving Himself by doing the impossible in our lives. — Katie J. Davis

I've always loved fantasy. I think it's a great way to look at issues that we have in our own lives with a little bit of the pressure off, you know. — Alice Englert

There are all sorts of people who will say disobliging things about me. I don't mind that. I would rather people said, 'This is a man that sticks to his principles, not a man who's worried about popularity.' — Michael Gove

With all that's going on in our lives and the world, reducing stress is important, and it's a factor in heart health. — Andie MacDowell