FAMOUS QUOTES & SAYINGS

Start with a girl whose blood has been steeped in Korea for generations, imprinted with Confucianism and shamanism and war. Extract her from the mountains. Plant her in wheat fields ... (Jane Jeong Trenka)

I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest in thrillers, and it occurred to ... (David Morrell)

So you see, don't judge the way other people connect to God, concluded Shams. To each his own way and his own prayer. God does not take us at our ... (Elif Shafak)

He lowered his voice. "You are a true shield-maiden; you do not turn from a scar on a man's face."I looked at him and did not lower my eyes. "My ... (Octavia Randolph)

He dragged his mouth along her jaw. She smelled so good, so feminine. He moved his mouth to her neck, and instantly, she went taut and recoiled. Right. He was ... (Larissa Ione)

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses. ... (Maureen Johnson)

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through ... (Og Mandino)

Some people are afraid of change and [feel] that getting older is a bad thing, but I really love maturing and gaining wisdom, and the experience of being pregnant and ... (Christina Aguilera)

The past is an unsolved mystery and the truth a moving target. ... (Edna Buchanan)

Showed that even with the considerable increase in the average level of education over the course of the twentieth century, earned income inequality did not decrease. Qualification levels shifted upward: ... (Thomas Piketty)

There are stories - legends, really - of the "steady job." Old-timers gather graduates around the flickering light of a computer monitor and tell stories of how the company used ... (Max Barry)

A lot of people never find the person God created them to be. They're too busy trying to live up to other people's expectations, or they try to create themselves ... (Nancy Mehl)

I think all groups who don't fit in clearly with Western music have to think, 'How can I expand my market? Where else can I perform?' ... (Kiran Ahluwalia)

I enjoy both comedy and drama, and have had memorable experiences in both film and T.V. ... (Jud Tylor)

I just love all women. A lot of them are women a lot of men wouldn't find attractive in the least, but they're mouth-watering to me. All different sizes: tall, ... (Dave Cooper)

Dads. It's time to tell our kids that we love them. Constantly. It's time to show our kids that we love them. Constantly. It's time to take joy in their ... (Dan Pearce)

In Plato's Republic, Socrates expresses great fear about democracy because it is, in his mind, synonymous with freedom. The result is tyranny. But modern times have brought us a different ... (Noam Chomsky)

If it weren't for people like the people in Berkeley, standing up for what they believe, we'd be living under Hitler. ... (Medea Benjamin)

Think about your own life. Are there foods or drinks that "call your name" in your weakest moments - like maybe at night in front of the TV? Are there ... (Josh Bezoni)

It's very important, no matter what you may do professionally, to keep alive some of the healthy interests of your youth. Children's play is not just kids' stuff. Children's play ... (Fred Rogers)

All church activities that dilute, diminish, or detract from worship destroy Verticality, deny the priority of doxology, and forfeit what Vertical Church is all about - glory. ... (James MacDonald)

We're going to develop - what we want to do is to provide the viewers with what they want from CNN and that is the news. So when people tune ... (Connie Chung)

If you're taught you can't do anything you won't do anything, I was taught I could do everything ... (Kanye West)

Let me not be so vain to think that I'm the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats. ... (Ze Frank)

No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is just a feeling that your life is different and that your capacity to love and ... (Steve Tesich)

On thyroid therapy, more than 90 percent of those with painful menstruation were relieved, most of them completely. The results were fully as good in converting irregular periods to normal, ... (Broda Otto Barnes)

Lacking in conscience and empathy, they take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without guilt or remorse. ... (Jon Ronson)

My prayer is that God would continue to love me enough to refuse to answer the prayers I'm praying that I shouldn't be praying. ... (Craig D. Lounsbrough)

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer. ... (William Shakespeare)

If I had my life over again I should form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practise, as it were, the remembrance of death. ... (Muriel Spark)