Wisden Cricket Quotes & Sayings

Amount of freedom you have in your life is not the measure of the worth of your life. Just as safety is an empty and even self-defeating goal to live for, so ultimately is autonomy. — Atul Gawande

There is always somebody about to ruin your day, if not your life. — Charles Bukowski

windowsill on the opposite side of the dining room. "What are you doing? — James Patterson

You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you will pardon it from the purity of it's motives. — Thomas Jefferson

Being strong does not mean that you never fall down, but that whenever you fall, you get up again. — Confucius

I'm like a bumper car. When I did an infomercial I was fodder for every TV comedy show. I couldn't get a job. People said I was a huge joke. I've been a joke so many times. I've been on my way out since I started, but I'm strong-willed. My mother is so much tougher than I am and my grandmother is so much tougher than my mother. — Cher

A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a sort of witness to what is going on in our organisms. — Antonio Damasio

If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage. — George Carey

It is comfort to the believer that all things are possible. — Samuel Rutherford

Life isn't all about what you don't have, but yet, what you do with what you have been given. — Robert M. Hensel

Painting is like golf; the fewer strokes I take, the better the picture. — John Marin

Only God can break down the national and racial barriers that divide men today. Only God can supply that love that we must have for our fellowman. We will never build brotherhood of man upon earth until we are believers in Christ Jesus. — Billy Graham

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. — Mao Tse-tung

Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.
The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects. — Ludwig Wittgenstein