Vereinigte Quotes & Sayings

I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners. — Michelle Sagara West

My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control. — Hermann Maier

Meanwhile Crumb Street, never a place of beauty, that afternoon was at its worst. The fog slopped over its low houses like a bucketful of cold soup over a row of dirty stoves. The — Margery Allingham

I only told you about it because I thought I might get a laugh out of you for once even if it wasn't the truth, Jessie. Things don't have to be true to talk about 'em, you know. — Marsha Norman

The same camera that photographs a murder scene can photograph a beautiful society affair at a big hotel. — Weegee

Your time is a time of revival. It has its signs — Sunday Adelaja

Every morning I am a beginner. — Hanya Holm

Fail big if you have to, but go down trying. — Margaret Haddix

An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it that a suitable education be provided for all its citizens. — Thomas Jefferson

Belief attracts something; faith makes things happen! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

What could I have possibly learned except the really most important thing, which is that I did not want to work at the 'New York Times'? Beyond that, I learned how a newspaper works. — Michael Wolf

Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

When I consider that the noble animals have been exterminated here - the cougar, panther, lynx, wolverine, wolf, bear, moose, deer, the beaver, the turkey, etc, etc - I cannot but feel as I lived in a tamed, and, as it were, emasculated country. — Henry David Thoreau

if I examine myself closely enough, I find hints of every objectionable quality known to man. — George Alec Effinger