Untaught American Quotes & Sayings

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous. — Voltaire

The mediocrity of everything in the great world of today is simply appalling. We live in intellectual slums. — George Santayana

Where I told you to run, so we'd both be free. — Suzanne Collins

To Love you Is to Receive a Glimpse of Heaven. — S.K. Logsdon

Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you. — E.A. Bucchianeri

Perhaps when you were a little child, people would sometimes take your toy away from you. You learned to cry, to try to manipulate the situation; or to smile so as to please your caretaker, to make her give back the toy. As a young child, you learned to produce a diplomatic smile. That's one way of dealing with the problem of survival. You learn without even knowing that you're learning. The feeling that you're fragile, vulnerable, unable to defend yourself, the feeling that you always need someone to be with you, is always there. That original fear - and its other face, original desire - is always there. The infant, with his fear and his desire, is always alive in us. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Wylan blushed deeper, and Jesper shook his head. "Play piano, too?" "Flute," said Wylan defensively. "Perfect. — Leigh Bardugo

Payne Stewart was a vicious competitor. He only played to win, ... Only God can change hearts. — Paul Azinger

Are you okay, man?"
"Yeah, I'm good."
It's a lie. I wonder if I will ever be good again. — David Bellavia

When it comes to renewable energy, there's no reason America should settle for second best. — Martin Heinrich

I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built. — Action Bronson

We did not desire or dread the boys in themselves, we only desired and dreaded being wanted or not being wanted. — Zadie Smith

Consider the true picture. Think of myriads of tiny bubbles, very sparsely scattered, rising through a vast black sea. We rule some of the bubbles. Of the waters we know nothing ... — Larry Niven