Uncrossed 712 Quotes & Sayings

It has been noted that actions speak louder than words. Truth is, I have found that during many situations in life, words are just noise ... and actions are the ONLY things that speak. — Steve Maraboli

It is wrong to live under constraint; but no man is constrained to live under constraint. — Seneca.

The gun bounced so much in her shaky grasp that if she did fire, he'd likely be the one to catch the bullet. — Cathy Skendrovich

DISAPPOINTMENT IS A SLOW POISON. — Richard K. Morgan

The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now. — Neil Patrick Harris

He changed more times than a baby in a beer-drinking contest. — Scott Adams

It's you," he whispers. There is wonder in his voice.
"Is it?" I whisper back, my voice trembling with all the emotions I've kept hidden for so long — Marie Lu

Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own. — Ernest Gellner

The writer harked back to Lord Byron's maiden speech in the House three years before: "I have been in some of the most oppressed provinces in Turkey, but never, under the most despotic of infidel Governments, did I behold such squalid wretchedness as I have seen since my return in the very heart of a Christian country." Mrs. — Marion Chesney

Marx and other social critics quipped, Western governments were becoming a capitalist trade union. — Yuval Noah Harari

Honey, what happened to your arm?" Rita frowned, reached over, and ran her fingers across the bruises. "Both of them!" she added, noticing the other arm. The sleeves of her cover-up had ridden up. Meridith pulled them down. "Oh. It's nothing. A guest caught me by surprise last night." "What? Did he attack you, Meridith?" "Sort of, but Jake came and, well, kind of punched him, and everything's fine now." "Jake . . . ?" "The contractor I told you about." "Oh, right. Thank God he was there! Did you call the police?" "No. Jake booted him and his friends from the house." "But are you okay? You must have been terrified!" Meridith nodded. "I was. I was so relieved when Jake showed up. It was late at night, and I was alone on the beach - won't do that again." She gave a dry laugh. "I'm just glad you're okay. This Jake guy seems like quite the hero." She'd only vocalized what Meridith had been thinking. "We're lucky to have him around. — Denise Hunter

How was it that no one had ever told her that it was not love itself, but its treacherous gatekeepers which made the greatest demands on your courage: the panic of acknowledging it; the terror of declaring it; the fear of being rebuffed? Why had no one told her that love's twin was not hate but cowardice? — Amitav Ghosh

I loathe computers more and more, so I have one I can shut down and shelve like a book. — Will Self

What's your name?
Um ...
Think about it. You don't get to pick again.
Tris. — Veronica Roth