Unenacted Quotes & Sayings

When he heard about the bench, his heart began to beat horribly. A moment later he pulled himself together and, with shame, drove away the absurd thought. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

No matter how the road winds and turns, as long as you are there at the end of it I'll be happy, Rowdy. — Jay Crownover

Buildings should be good neighbours. — Paul Thiry

She is complimenting me, but I still feel like she smacked me with something. — Veronica Roth

I am a feminist with a capital 'F' . — Laura Benanti

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it. — Laurie Halse Anderson

The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock. — Sam Ervin

More importantly, the Court forgets that ours is a government of laws and not of men. That means we are governed by the terms of our laws, not by the unenacted will of our lawmakers. 'If Congress enacted into law something different from what it intended, then it should amend the statute to conform to its intent.' In the meantime, this Court 'has no roving license ... to disregard clear language simply on the view that ... Congress 'must have intended' something broader. — Antonin Scalia

Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms. — Shannon Hale

She was born poor and powerless in a land where power is money and money is adored.
Born black in a land where might is white and white is adored.
Born female in a land where decisions are masculine and masculinity controls. — Maya Angelou

Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary. — Michael Scheuer

There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe