Xixth Century Quotes & Sayings

There's more outrage on Twitter about a One Direction split or about what one band member said to another than there is about institutionalized racism and something huge. — Trevor Noah

There is a special grief felt by the children and grandchildren of those who were forbidden to read, forbidden to question or to know. — Alice Walker

The grocery store poets do everything they can to encourage us in our willing suspension of disbelief. — Michael Pollan

The Holy Father held a special place in the hearts of more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide. — Todd Akin

I believe that once you find something you love, something that works, why keep looking for more? People always think there is something better around the corner. I decided a long time ago I'd stop wasting my time looking for something better and enjoy what I had. — Wendy Mass

I really do hate to sing. — Lena Horne

Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing. — Ben Jonson

If we do our deficit spending on weapons, at least we get weapons. Then if we need weapons, we have them. If we don't need them, no harm is done. — P. J. O'Rourke

Finally, we might decide that civilisation itself is worth preserving. In that case we have to work out what to save and which people would be needed in a drastically reduced population - weighing the value of scientists and musicians against that of politicians, for example. — Susan Blackmore

We don't need false hopes or illusions to live happily. — Marty Rubin

When a man curls his lip, when he uses ridicule, when he grows angry, you have touched a raw nerve in domination. — Sheila Rowbotham

How would it be," said Pooh slowly, "if, as soon as we're out of sight of this Pit, we try to find it again?"
"What's the good of that?" said Rabbit.
"Well," said Pooh, "we keep looking for Home and not finding it, so I thought that if we looked for this Pit, we'd be sure not to find it, which would be a Good Thing, because then we might find something that we weren't looking for, which might be just what we were looking for, really."
"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.
"No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it on the way. — Milne, A. A.