Unpurchasable Quotes & Sayings

What gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner structure we all have. — Elizabeth Benedict

humans are not the measure of all things. — Carl Safina

An artist is one of two things: he is either a high priest, or a more or less smart entertainer. - GIUSEPPE MAZZINI — Leo Tolstoy

You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul? — Rudyard Kipling

When I was growing up, my house was filled with books. My mother was an educator, and my father was a history buff, so our home was a virtual library, covering every author from Beverly Cleary to James Michener. — Jeff Kinney

Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to race, sex, color or creed has his or her own inalienable and unpurchasable voice in government. — Carrie Chapman Catt

I think I've been fortunate over the years to be at a point in my career where I really get to choose the partnerships that I really want to take on and they're a perfect fit. — Tom Brady

Writing is a deeper sleep than death.
Just as one wouldn't pull a corpse from its grave,
I can't be dragged from my desk at night. — Franz Kafka

You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking. — Simon Cowell

Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven. — Saint Patrick

I love fairytales. I like fantasy a lot, science fiction, I like magic. I like to create magic. I love magic. — Michael Jackson

A lot of people feel that the realm of poetry and the realm of the lyric is personal feeling and should rise above politics, which, in fact, good poetry has never done. — Claudia Rankine

Blessing is the lifeblood throbbing through the universe. — David Steindl-Rast

My heroes are the non-commissioned officers. If I had another life that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is. — Bob Ainsworth

A relationship is like a road trip: You get bugs splattered on the windshield. By the time you see them, it's too late, but you still keep going. — T. Geronimo Johnson