Young Philadelphians Quotes & Sayings

Man must have results, real results, in his inner and outer life. I do not mean the results which modern people strive after in their attempts at self-development. These are not results, but only rearrangements of psychic material, a process the Buddhists call 'samsara' and which our Holy Bible calls 'dust'. — Jacob Needleman

We're too many people; that's why we have global warming ... on a voluntary basis, everybody in the world's got to pledge to themselves that one child is it. — Ted Turner

We know not which most to wonder at, the faithfulness of God or the unbelief of His people. He keeps His promise a thousand times, and yet the next trial makes us doubt Him. He never faileth; He is never a dry well; He is never as a setting sun, a passing meteor, or a melting vapour; and yet we are as continually vexed with anxieties, molested with suspicions, and disturbed with fears, as if our God were the mirage of the desert. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

We face cyber threats from state-sponsored hackers, hackers for hire, global cyber syndicates, and terrorists. They seek our state secrets, our trade secrets, our technology, and our ideas - things of incredible value to all of us. They seek to strike our critical infrastructure and to harm our economy. — James Comey

It has turned out to be an annus horribilis. — Queen Elizabeth II

In Colma, a suburb of San Francisco, California there's a proposal pending to tax ... the dead. If proponents get their way, grave sites will be taxed $5 dollars - per grave, per year - for eternity. In Colma the dead outnumber the living by a ratio of roughly 1000-to-1, including such notables as: Wyatt Earp, Levi Strauss, and William Randolph Hearst. And they, apparently, haven't paid their fair share. For liberals, when it comes to taxes ... nothing is sacred. — Rush Limbaugh

Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry. — Hedy Lamarr

Miracles are out there somewhere. You just got to find them. — Tom Spanbauer

The state of our state needs serious attention. — Mitch Daniels

Every day. When you have something good, Willow, don't ever let it go. Not for anything, not for anyone, and certainly not for fear. Love will always overpower fear. But if you succumb to fear instead of following your heart, you will regret it. Make sure you never do that. Make sure you always follow your heart. No matter the cost. — Abby Wilder

As a screenwriter I'm often writing in genres where there have been thousands of movies; whereas when I direct movies they tend to be in between genres. They tend to have a little bit of a genre to them, but they're really about the people, and they're people we haven't met before. — John Sayles