FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Who makes the fairest show means most deceit. ... (Pericles)

What do women want? To be treated like a queen; but by a king, not a pawn. ... (James Robison)

Telepathy' literally means to feel at a distance, just as 'telephone' is to hear at a distance and 'television' is to see at a distance. The word suggests the communication ... (Carl Sagan)

Poseidon put his weathered hand on my shoulder. "Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way ... (Rick Riordan)

We were told that every morning the first thing that her dog did when he got up was to stretch, adding that we can all learn a lot from our ... (John Donoghue)

I prefer music but sometimes if there's on talk radio - someone might be on that I like. I listen to the old - to "Air America," down at the ... (Robert Barry)

Don't ever believe that Narcissists don't understand they have hurt you. They know exactly what they did and why they did it. The reason they can't stop their abuse is ... (Shannon L. Alder)

I do want to learn the way to do it over here. I'm not really looking to just go about my way and do it in the Japanese way that ... (Masahiro Tanaka)

Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had ... (Ray Romano)

[T.J.] I pulled my arms out from underneath her body and tucked her hair behind her ears. "I love you, Anna." The surprised look on her face told me she ... (Tracey Garvis-Graves)

This is stolen? We're in a stolen jet?" "Not stolen," said Donegan Bane from the co-pilot's seat. "Almost stolen," Gracious corrected. "Semi-stolen," said Donegan. "Quasi-stolen," said Gracious. Aurora's frown did ... (Derek Landy)

The aim and final reason of all music should be none else but the glory of God and refreshing the soul. Where this is not observed there will be no ... (Johann Sebastian Bach)

She sees me approaching and ushers me over, apparently with the belief I can help her cause. "What's going on, Gran?" I ask. "These young men here seem to think ... (Ali Dean)

The art of this was to ignore all insults, all threats; to turn the other cheek. ... (Mario Puzo)

As children become increasingly less connected to adults, they rely more and more on each other; the whole natural order of things change. In the natural order of all mammalian ... (Gabor Mate)

The zoo lady, whose name is Maya, is here again. ... (Katherine Applegate)

I'm here to tell you, though, ladies that the term "gold digger" is one of the traps we men set to keep you off our money trail; we created that ... (Steve Harvey)

I actually hate Christmas," says Eileen. "Everybody has this idea you have to have a good time, like happiness comes in a ruddy packet." Her face is flushed with heat. ... (Rachel Joyce)

Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture - of which he was not ... (Bonnie Raitt)

I'm no longer a shoeaholic, but I used to be. I used to spend all my time on tour either buying records or shoes. ... (Jamie Cullum)

Success is finding your own path in life. ... (Lailah Gifty Akita)

Life can be challenging and sad ... but music is the easy part. ... (St. Vincent)

With its shrewd analysis and its knowledgeable reflections on the state of the arts, as well as a rich array of anecdotes and quotations about patronage, Patronizing the Arts will ... (Jonathan Culler)

When you consider all saints and prophets as legitimate and no longer differentiate between religions, you have reached the stage of true mysticism. ... (Ostad Elahi)

Clevinger was a troublemaker and a wise guy. Lieutenant Scheisskopf knew that Clevinger might cause even more trouble if he wasn't watched. Yesterday it was the cadet officers; tomorrow it ... (Joseph Heller)

People talk about how fast life can go from good to bad. How on day you're happy, everything is going fine, and then something happens. Someone dies or someone leaves. ... (Laura M. Flynn)

A hero is a man who does what he can. ... (Romain Rolland)

I wish that after the war against Saddam Hussein we had been more effective at rebuilding Iraq quickly. I think had we done it from the provinces, in, rather than ... (Condoleezza Rice)

When a mother loses a daughter, she grieves over the future that her daughter will never have, but she can take solace in memories of close-knit days. But when your ... (Amor Towles)

Fourteen minutes later he had finished. He had presented the ... (Jo Nesbo)