Famous Quotes & Sayings

Walt Whitman

Resist much, obey little.

Walt Whitman

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Saul Bellow

I love solitude but I prize it most when company is available.

Saul Bellow

We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.

Saul Bellow

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

Saul Bellow

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Saul Bellow

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Sarah Fielding

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.

Sarah Jessica Parker

I don't believe in email. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up.

Sarah Dessen

Sorry!' Dave's friend yelled when he saw me. 'That was my-' But i wasn't listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger and stress of the last few minutes and days put it behind the ball, throwing it overhead at the basket as hard as i could. It went flying, hitting the backboard and banging through the netless hoop at full speed before shooting back out and nailing Dave Wade squarely on the forehead. And just like that, he was down.

Sarah Dessen

Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.

Sarah Dessen

Silence is so freaking loud

Sarah Dessen

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.

Sarah Dessen

It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.

Sarah Dessen

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.

Sarah Dessen

The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.

Sarah Dessen

Don't think or judge, just listen.

Sarah Dessen

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

Sarah Dessen

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

Sandra Day O'Connor

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

Sandra Bullock

Why is it that when we get older, we get more fearful?

Sandra Bullock

Whoever established the high road, and how high it should be, should be fired.

Sandra Bullock

When people are like, Life is good, I go, No, life is a series of disastrous moments, painful moments, unexpected moments, and things that will break your heart. And in between those moments, that's when you savor, savor, savor.

Roseanne Barr

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

Roseanne Barr

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

Roseanne Barr

You can always get better. Nobody can stop you from getting better, and nobody can stop you from trying to make something right.

Rogers Hornsby

The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

Rod Steiger

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

Rod Paige

There is no more powerful advocate than a parent armed with information and options.

Rod Stewart

May you grow to be proud, dignified, and true, and do unto others as you'd have done to you.

Robin Roberts

As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.

Robin Morgan

Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.

Robert Zemeckis

You can't legislate sobriety.