Vocalism Quotes & Sayings

Wishing just brought earned disappointment. — John Steinbeck

Need is not demand. Effective economic demand requires not merely need but corresponding purchasing power. — Henry Hazlitt

Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude. — Philip Sidney

Every Communist working in the mass movements should be a friend of the masses and not a boss over them, an indefatigable teacher and not a bureaucratic politician. — Mao Zedong

How seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right? — Kelly Corrigan

'Empire' deals with the black experience, the human experience, sibling rivalry, what it feels like to be ignored or doted upon by a parent, illness, death. There are so many things that I think the audience can identify with. — Grace Gealey

My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of anyone else in the world. — Maya Angelou

It is an amazing thing to watch people laugh, the way it sort of takes them over. Sometimes they really do struggle with it ... so I wonder what it is and where it comes from, and I wonder what it expends out of your system, so that you have to do it till you're done, like crying in a way, I suppose, except that laughter is much more easily spent. — Marilynne Robinson

There are no free lunches on welfare. — Joseph A. Califano Jr.

He slowly crossed the barn to squat down in front of her, never once looking away. His callused palm was warm around her icy fingers. "You must never lie to me," he said softly. "Whatever your story, be it good or bad, I will accept. I am not your father, who will storm and rage at you when disappointed." And the warmth in his eyes made her believe every word he spoke was true. "You are perfectly and beautifully made," Michael continued. "You are exactly as God intended for you to be, and I love you precisely as you are. — Elizabeth Camden

Plants do everything animals do, but slowly. They migrate, communicate, deceive, stalk their food and, with an ostentation of styles and perfumes to put the animal kingdom to shame, they make love. It's just that catching them in flagrante delicto might require time-lapse photography. — Barbara Kingsolver

You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your destiny. — Sylvester Stallone