Woordenteller Quotes & Sayings

Young people, women especially, often worry about the safety of volunteering abroad. There are, of course, legitimate concerns about disease and violence, but mostly there is the exaggerated fear of the unknown - the mirror image of the nervousness that Africans or Indians feel when they travel to America for their studies. In reality, Americans and Europeans are usually treated hospitably in the developing world, and are much less likely to be robbed in an African village than in Paris or Rome. — Anonymous

But a major factor in the discontent of Americans came with the decree of April 6, 1830, when the Mexican government in essence banned further American immigration into Texas and tried to control slavery. (For an account of how Texans opposed this decree at Fort Anahuac, see Texas History Features on the Texas Almanac website.) Austin protested that the prohibition against American immigration would not stop the flow of Anglos into Texas; it would stop only stable, prosperous Americans from coming. Austin's predictions were fulfilled. Illegal immigrants continued to come. By 1836, the estimated number of people in Texas had reached 35,000. — Elizabeth Cruce Alvarez

I love you beyond paints, beyond melodies, beyond words. — Kiera Cass

It's been a huge blessing, being able to travel and have a great life. — Seann William Scott

When I went to college, we had a very good local following, but stations only televised two or three NCAA games a season. And when I went to Europe, once in a while we had a good crowd, but usually not. — Sue Wicks

Although the District of Columbiahas had a ban on handgun sale and possession since 1976, Washingtonresidents are held hostage by the lax gun laws of surroundingjurisdictions. — Josh Sugarmann

A thought must tell at once, or not at all. — William Hazlitt

It changed my life," the first-grader said of the iPad. "I'm reading everything on the street." To prove his point, he read all the words on a pizza box he cradled on his lap. — Anonymous

If we learn to forgive and forget, peace will be there. — Debasish Mridha

We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers — Peter Singer

I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber. — Kobe Bryant

Never EVER sell yourself short and
don't let anyone ever treat U like
trash or use your feelings.U R special! — Lily Amis

That tight little accent grated on Clay's frayed nerves. He thought that if it had been a fart, it would have been the kind that comes out sounding like a party-horn blown by a kid with asthma. — Stephen King

Nude is a word as smoooth as your hips ... but naked has the sound of a rock being turned over to expose maggots. — Grace Metalious