Yonkis Quotes & Sayings

What does not engage our feelings does not long engage our thoughts either. — Lou Andreas-Salome

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success. — Eddie Cantor

Nothing is joyful or miserable only our perceptions make it so. — Debasish Mridha

We'd end up with a mole planet slightly larger than the Moon. — Randall Munroe

My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw. — Jessica Valenti

Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school. — Marilyn Vos Savant

It never occurred to me that there was anything odd about writing my own music, and so I used to just jot down little ditties and things like that. And it was only in later years I suppose when I was about nine or so, that I realised there was this thing called composing. — Richard Meale

Cyn? Short for Cynric? (Callie)
Nay. S-I-N. As in conceived, born in, and am currently living happily in. (Sin) — Kinley MacGregor

Forgive offences by the million. And if you love all unselfishly, all will by degrees come to love one another. — Swami Vivekananda

The purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties ... — Meher Baba

We do not need to import any foreign economic ideas or any foreign government. We had better stick to the American brand of government, the American brand of equality, and the American brand of wages. America had better stay American — Calvin Coolidge

The transmission of knowledge is in itself an erotic act. — Alan Bennett

When it comes to democracy, its key element is participation. When it comes to participation, its key element is quality of the participants. — Khem Veasna

The phone rang. Joseph darted to pick it up.
"Dyer residence," he answered formally.
"Hold please," he said as he covered the mouthpiece. He really was hilarious. "It's for you, Mara," he said. "And it's a booooy," he sing-songed.
I rolled my eyes but wondered who it could be. "I'm taking it in my room," I said as Joseph erupted in giggles. Horrible. — Michelle Hodkin

It wasn't always easy at times, having grown up on television and being in the entertainment industry. — Candace Cameron Bure