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among french
There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public. Michel Patini
among societies
Societies should be judged by how they treat the weakest among them. Maajid Nawaz
among efforts parents people possible rates remain though
The possible slowdown of illicit drug use among young people is encouraging, even though rates of use remain unacceptably high. All of us, especially parents and teachers, need to redouble our efforts Donna Shalala
among aware changed difficult game golf good grown hard high number people perception players respect school
The perception of high school golf a number of years back was not the highest, that it wasn't that hard a sport. That has all changed as the game has grown - especially among young people. There is a lot more respect for the players and the sport. People now are aware of how difficult it is to be good at golf. Bob Hamilton
among computing game held high jobs parents perception school students widely
The perception among high school students and their parents is that the game is over, that all computing jobs are going overseas. It's an extraordinarily widely held misperception. David Patterson
among apt businesses carry climate economic economy employees executives focus global growth hiring hopeful improving indicator might optimism perception postponed programs spending stronger top
The perception among C-suite executives that the global economy is getting stronger should be a hopeful indicator for global business. As optimism for the global economic climate improves, top executives are more apt to focus on improving their own businesses by spending for programs that might have been curtailed or postponed and by hiring new employees to carry out their growth plans. Mark Foster
among customers direct microsoft nobody perception products relationship security
The perception among a lot of customers is that nobody understands Microsoft products like Microsoft. Many of them want the security of that direct relationship with Microsoft. Dwight Davis
among human impossible point
The point of 'Othello,' among other points, is that it is impossible to know another human being, Patrick Page
among competition forward looking owns vibrant
We are looking forward to a vibrant competition among politicians for these voters. No one owns them. Gary Bauer
atmosphere would-be capture
A good show makes me happy. It's a great sensation. If you could capture a great atmosphere and do it every time, that would be amazing. Bruno Tonioli
atmosphere bring fact faint lived man nearer pale persons seemed understood word
The persons of their world lived in an atmosphere of faint implications and pale delicacies, and the fact that he and she understood each other without a word seemed to the young man to bring them nearer than any explanation would have done. Edith Wharton
atmosphere home
In 'Happier at Home,' I write a lot about my struggle to create an unhurried atmosphere at home. Gretchen Rubin
atmosphere
Faith is generated in the atmosphere of experiencing truth. Bill Johnson
atmosphere careful ceremony felt home kept playoff whenever
Whenever there's a ceremony like that, if you're home or away, you always have to be careful not to get too stale. But it sparked a lot of emotion, and that kept us going. It felt like a playoff atmosphere out there. Brian Gionta
atmosphere bit confidence four game games goals great huge next pull score scoring three
When you score two goals one game and one goal the next and you get four points, that's great because we weren't getting (points) when we were scoring three and four. It's huge and this is going to get everybody's confidence going. We need to pull out games like this and then atmosphere is a little bit better in the workplace, you know? Brad Richards
atmosphere sound environment
The atmosphere defines the environment of sound. Bill Laswell
atmosphere toxic earth
Planet Bog - Pools of toxic chemicals bubble under a choking atmosphere of poisonous gases... but aside from that, it's not much like Earth. Bill Watterson
atmosphere best fans great home inspiring remember start time
We remember the great atmosphere here, how inspiring the fans were. This is why you play. This is the best time in the year. Being able to start at home makes it that much better. Mark Eaton
attracted emotional films force tend
I tend not to be so attracted to films that force me into an intellectual place over an emotional one. Lisa Cholodenko
attracted business likely
I'm in the business to push it. I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done. Mark Harmon
attracted full hole
I would try to write 'realistic' fiction, and someone would fly, or there would be a black hole full of demons or a girl who attracted frogs. Nnedi Okorafor
attracted irreverent obsolete
We were attracted to it because we thought it was irreverent and poignant, and because of the obsolete technology. Peter Franck
attracted grave happy life love people
I love life. I love my friends. I love to eat. Too many things, I love. I am very much an anti-historical character. I am attracted to happy people. Happy people with very grave problems. Lina Wertmuller
attracted governor liked mayor people period state sure time whenever wonderful
Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington. Dannel Malloy
attracted contains genre life poetry truth
What has always attracted me in life is poetry. Any genre can have poetry. For me, poetry contains truth. Jean Marais
attracted human involve public sacrifice safety wide work
Work safety incidents, which always involve sacrifice of human lives, attracted wide public attention. Wu Bangguo
attracted committee examined human involve law losses public safety standing various wide work
Work safety incidents, which always involve losses of human lives, attracted wide public attention. Therefore, in 2005, the NPC Standing Committee examined the work safety law implementation from various aspects. Wu Bangguo
beauty appreciate substance
That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to appreciate. Charles Caleb Colton
beauty realizing surprise
It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about. Alan Ball
beauty gratitude stupid
It’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain, and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. Alan Ball
beauty denial underestimate
Never underestimate the power of denial. Alan Ball
beauty wisdom heart
Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. Alan Ball
beauty wisdom ideas
You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. Alan Ball
beauty beautiful stars
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist. Akhenaton
beauty
Beauty is not everything! Chita Rivera
beauty oil today
By today's beauty standards, of course, Marilyn Monroe was an oil tanker. Dave Barry
book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted. Charles Caleb Colton
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Charles Caleb Colton
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away. Charles Caleb Colton
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
breathed jersey lived national practice
Right away, when he was a freshman, he had a different national jersey on at every practice. You could tell he just lived and breathed soccer. Gary Burke
breathed closely forward limited lived moved passionate sure work
Now with limited experience, I had to work very closely with him to make sure all those things were implemented and we moved forward in the appropriate direction. But he's passionate about the game. He's lived it and breathed it all his life. Lee McElroy
breathed earth great ideas influence man
Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him. William Channing
breathed died fellow lived marine platoon pulling safety
He lived and breathed being a U.S. Marine platoon sergeant, and he died pulling a fellow Marine to safety. Michael Miles
breathed life lived
I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day. Damien Chazelle
breathed sigh
When Hooper got up we all breathed a sigh of relief. Spencer Gardner
breathed gave life minutes
He gave me two minutes more with my son. He's an angel. He breathed life into him. Joanne Sanabria
breathed dressing immediate job life luke played shown wants
I thought Luke played great. He wanted to come in and make an immediate impact. He?s shown that he wants a job. He breathed some new life into our dressing room. Tony MacAulay
breathed luckily sigh
I think we all breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily for us, it was just stones. Tom Eagleson
dropped hard lap money theater time turning tv
You know, if a TV show dropped into my lap out of the blue, I would have a hard time turning it down because there just isn't the money in theater that there is on TV. Laurie Metcalf
dropped love sounds
I love profanity, but I think if it's used too much, it just sounds a little trashy. I think it's more effective when it's dropped intelligently. I like intelligent profanity. Katie Aselton
dropped games knew last needed playing three week win won
When we dropped to 2-4, we knew we needed to win our last three games to qualify. We won the first one last week. But this week we're playing a better team, so we have to play even better. George Machado
dropped good ncaa prepare time
When we did it in the NCAA Tournament, it was kind of dropped on us. We didn't have a lot of time to prepare. I feel good that we have a little more time to prepare and play that way. Jay Wright
dropped easily passing surprise
We had 10 dropped passes. Shane easily could have had 400 passing yards. And that's no surprise at all. He's an unbelievable athlete. Chuck Anderson
dropped finding handled knew matter settle speed spot took track
She handled the track OK, but she wasn't skipping over it. I let her settle and took my time. I knew there was a lot of speed and when I dropped her in at the three-eighths pole, it was just a matter of finding a spot for her. I did and she did the rest. Garrett Gomez
dropped interest lost margin net
Mr. Oken may have lost some credibility with analysts when the bank's net interest margin dropped dramatically, Richard Bove
dropped except house
When I dropped her off at the shelter, I went to see how our house was. We have nothing except for a chimney, ... Pretty much, we had nothing left. Robert Wright
dropped few hurt passes penalties seattle send
Seattle blitzed us a few times, but what really hurt us was dropped passes. I've said it before -- dropped passes and penalties will send out your punter, and that's what happened. Dennis Green
elementary high looked school
When I was in elementary school I always looked up to high school students. Tawny Toering
elementary hanging longer lunch until
Lunch (at the two elementary schools) was a little longer than normal, but it will be until they get used to it. But they were hanging in there, Jeffrey Clark
elementary gifted introduced taking talented teacher tested
I was introduced to theater by a teacher that found me when I was in elementary school. She tested me for the Gifted and Talented program, started taking me to see the 'Nutcracker Ballet.' I got involved. Todrick Hall
elementary monologue
I started acting when I was, like, five in monologue competitions at this private elementary school. Josie Loren
elementary funny liked
It's funny - in elementary school, I went by Amber. I never liked Tiffani. Tiffani Thiessen
elementary gave permission professor pursue
I got into writing in college... well, in elementary school. But in college, I started writing seriously and had a professor who read my writing and gave me permission to pursue that as a real effort and time-consuming effort. Lauren Holmes
elementary endearing letting people taught
I noticed, when I taught elementary school, how true the squeaky wheel thing is, and how endearing squeaky wheels can be! Because when you're being a squeaky wheel, you're also really letting people know who you are. Aimee Bender
elementary gave italian italian-writer lessons private publish school themes took turned
After this, I took private lessons in Italian from an elementary school teacher. He gave me themes to write about, and some of them turned out so well that he told me to publish them in a newspaper. Grazia Deledda
elementary extended floor playing school
When they extended their zone, the floor shrunk. It was like playing on an elementary school floor for us. Joe Blodgett
found presence-of-god absolutes
True and absolute freedom is only found in the presence of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer
found frustrating
I never found it frustrating not speaking. David Selby
founders humans
The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them. David McCullough
found industry bits
It's changing a bit, but the thing in LA is everyone is either in the industry, or knows someone who is in the industry. So, they don't let on that they recognize you, that's what I've found out. Catherine Bell
found late post scandal whatsoever yesterday
The Post found out about this late yesterday afternoon. They had no inkling whatsoever a scandal was brewing. Howard Rubenstein
found good help jason jefferson job richard struggled
We struggled with Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson but we found a way to help each other and I think we did a good job tonight. Mehmet Okur
found friendly offer ourselves quickly shocked together
We are making a friendly offer to Reynolds, ... We were shocked when we found out that Alcoa had made its offer and we assembled ourselves as quickly as we could to put together this proposal. Michael Lynch
foundation emotion reason
Emotion is the foundation of reason. David Brooks
foundation donation
I am the donation to the foundation. Baron Davis
gave-up personal-things
But I never gave up personal things to work, never. Catherine Deneuve
gave money voted
The person who gave the most money to my campaign, I voted against. Lisa Goodman
gave poem poetry point strength
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out. Richard Rosen
gave hurt sixth struggled three
We struggled in the first game. We gave up those three in the sixth and that hurt, but we were already behind. Mark Woodworth
gave giving glad plays reality score stress team
We stress not giving up big plays on defense, so that was a little disappointing. But I was glad to see the way we responded as a team after that score gave us a little reality check. Erik Kimrey
gave good increase percent ride season
When you take into consideration that we started with a 23 percent increase in season passes, so I think that gave us a good hedge on the roller-coaster ride that the season was. Bonnie MacPherson
gave-up knows
There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart. Deidre Hall
gave good terrific trailing
We were trailing most of the time, but we had them. We were good enough to win, and it showed in the way we played. We gave them a terrific game. Ivan Radenovic
gave
'The Atlantic' really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer. Nic Pizzolatto
haunting afar way
The most haunting thing was not that he didn't love her anymore. She could have accepted that eventually. The most haunting thing was that he did. He loved her from afar. He loved her in a way that was preserved in time, that couldn't be sullied. And she tended it in her careful, curatorial way. Ann Brashares
haunting
We're all of us haunted and haunting. Chuck Palahniuk
haunting mistakes
We're still making mistakes that are haunting us. What do you do? Ronnie Reyes
haunting irresistible
You are so vulnerably haunting. Your eeriness is terrifyingly irresistible. Franz Kafka
haunting kept leave resonate stories
Some stories just resonate with you as a storyteller and never leave you. This is a story that just kept haunting me. Night Shyamalan
haunting consideration
Something like The Haunting is not worth the slightest consideration from me. Nigel Kneale
haunting want projects
There's things that you don't want to do and they keep haunting you and following you. Bennett Miller directed this project [Capote], who is a friend of mine since I was 16, and Danny Futterman wrote it, and he's also been a friend of mine since I was 16. Philip Seymour Hoffman
haunting ghost let-him-go
Bitterly I wondered if Hardy was going to overshadow every relationship for the rest of my life, haunting me like a ghost. I didn't know how to let him go. I'd never even had him. Lisa Kleypas
haunting riddle
What a haunting, inescapable riddle life was. Walter de La Mare
himself knew sitting
The person knew where he was sitting and positioned himself perfectly. Kevin Hallinan
himself
Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould. Leander Paes
himself hulk inside version
What makes Hulk afraid? It's himself. It's a version of himself that's weak. It's a version of himself that's vulnerable. It's a child inside of him. Mark Ruffalo
himself invested piano since wrote
When you think of Mozart's piano concertos, you think of them as masterpieces. He invested so much in them, since he wrote these for himself to play. Robert Walzel
himself late runs strict tight tom turn works
Tom runs a very tight ship. You do not turn up late and you don't muck around - he's strict with himself and everyone he works with. Jonathan Meyers
himself tom took wolf
Tom Ridge is not a candidate, because he took himself out, ... Wolf Blitzer Reports. Dick Cheney
himself shooter turn
We know who the shooter is, ... It would be better for him to turn himself in before we have to find him. Robert Taggart
himself liberate pieces writer
The writer is someone who tears himself to pieces in order to liberate his neighbor. Italo Calvino
himself lord
O Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Appraiser, who distinguishes the counterfeit from the genuine. Granth Sahib
house progress earth
Houses were knocked down... enormous heaps of earth and clay thrown up; buildings that were undermined and shaking, propped up by great beams of wood... The yet unfinished and unopened Railway was in progress. Charles Dickens
house soul one-day
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored. Alan Paton
house suits fine
If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine. Alan Rickman
house together found
I was always interested in figuring things out. I'd do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together. Alan Alda
house want pins
If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house. Al Sharpton
house clinton obligation
It is our obligation to stop Hillary Clinton now and never let her get within 10 miles of the White House again. Chris Christie
house suffering majority
There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker, John Boehner. Chris Christie
house sitting window
That her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
house fool
but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house Darren Shan
human-nature abstinence appetite
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . Charles Dickens
human-nature lifeless permanent
The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. Alan Watts
humanity architect grey
Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable'. Chip Kidd
humanity
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. Chinua Achebe
humanity mud practicals
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.' Chinua Achebe
humanity end-of-the-world world
Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest passtime David Mitchell
humanity originality specks
Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality David Mitchell
humanity states organized
The better organized the state, the duller its humanity. David Mitchell
humanity identity divorced
Our identity was bestowed upon us by God and when humanity rebelled against God, we were divorced from the source of our identity. In this vacuum, work can wrongfully become the source of our identity wreaking havoc on our lives and work. Work was never meant to carry the weight of our identity. David Kim
joy missionary given
My only joys therefore are that when God has given me a work to do, I have not refused it. Charles Studd
joy world rewards
Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward & portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy Charles Spurgeon
joy today christ
Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy down here today. Charles Spurgeon
joy world ends
Our joy ends where love of the world begins. Charles Spurgeon
joy suffering sorrow
Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy. Charles Spurgeon
joy sorrow sin
That conversion which is all joy and lacks sorrow for sin, is very questionable. Charles Spurgeon
joy grandfather kind
My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life. So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted. Al Pacino
joy gone delight
We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone (We) have imitated the world, sought popular favor, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the Holy Ghost. Aiden Wilson Tozer
joy challenges pure
Challenge your limitations for the pure joy of challenge. Chin-Ning Chu
literature civility
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. Charles Dickens
literature potatoes poultry
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. Charles Dickens
literature made should
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself. Charles Dickens
littles wealth rich
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
littles want wealth
Wealth is a relative thing since those who have little and want less are richer than those who have much but want more. Charles Caleb Colton
literature stealing plagiarism
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
littles revolution events
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. Charles Caleb Colton
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. Charles Caleb Colton
literature fool religious-bigotry
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. Charles Caleb Colton
names errors mind
With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence with posterity, who has shown himself superior to the particular and predominant error of his own times; who, like the peak of Teneriffe, has hailed the intellectual sun before its beams have reached the horizon of common minds. Charles Caleb Colton
names inheritance proud
The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it. Charles Caleb Colton
names rivers cry-the-beloved-country
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal. Alan Paton
names evil done
When the persecution of an individual who has exposed an evil is pursued so ruthlessly and yet the evil itself is studiedly ignored, all of us know that there is something very wrong with the way that our society is conducting itself. And if we do not protest in the strongest terms about what is being done in our name, then we become complicit. Alan Moore
names aftermath bangs
Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang. Alan Guth
names
Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature. Alan Bullock
names mind use
Only brand names register in the mind... What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand. Al Ries
names justice police
Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases. Al Sharpton
names guy together
Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you're the soloist, it's you, and we follow you. We follow you. Al Jarreau
ordered took year
We ordered it, and it took a year to get here. Sabrina Harris
ordered process time
They have been ordered to do what they should have done a long time ago, which is to process the club's application. Mark Zauderer
pages three reason
If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason. Alan Ball
pages social results
[O]ne could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive. C. Wright Mills
pages passports extras
I travel a lot. A lot, a lot. I don't have a single passport that doesn't have extra pages on it. Bo Derek
pages addresses computer
I went to a website the other day and right at the top of the page it showed me my ip address. It was the most disturbing moment I have ever experienced. This website even told me what internet browser I was using, and what day it was. Computers can do anything. Edward Snowden
pages murder made
Another murder I committed made the front page. Eazy-E
pages way celebrate
As I continued through Cicero's pages, I found much more material celebrating my way of life ... Charlie Munger
pages percent total web
There are only 100-million Web pages right now in Arabic, and that's nothing. It's only 0.2 percent of the total worldwide. Hermann Havermann
pages baltimore sun
I don't pay any attention to what the 'Baltimore Sun' editorial page says about anything. Bob Ehrlich
pages cinema finished
The page has turned. Cinema is finished for me. Brigitte Bardot
sensuous
I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what? Calvin Klein
small-business enjoy taxes
The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes. Chris Alexander
small-numbers community energy
Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are causing it. Widely known as climate change "skeptics" or "deniers," these individuals are generally not climate scientists and do not debate the science with the climate scientists... David Suzuki
small-details details add
It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression. Cary Grant
small-acts millions
A small act is worth a million thoughts. Ai Weiwei
smallness
I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness. Barry Diller
small-acts bless acts-of-service
Often small acts of service are all that is required to lift and bless another. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
small-objects hands eggs
There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as opal, smooth as jade, weighty as a river stone, more fragile than a bird's egg. Infinitely still, live as the root of Creation. Not a gift, but a trust. Fiercely to cherish, softly to guard. The words spoke themselves and disappeared into the groined shadows of the roof. Diana Gabaldon
small-changes lasting-change healthy
It's the fact that no matter how bad it's gotten, the body wants to be healthy. The body wants to bounce back. When you do these changes, you do these small changes every single day, and you trust the process of what you're doing. You really do make lasting changes onto your body. Bob Harper
small stuff turned
When we were younger, you know, small stuff was small stuff. But we turned it into big stuff. It's just part of being young. Nikki Sixx
thought-provoking house ceilings
When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it? Chinua Achebe
thought-provoking giving headache
Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches! Chinua Achebe
thought-provoking
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience. Chinua Achebe
thoughtful long battle
Whether you like the label 'Anthropocene' or not, whether you find the prospect of what it signifies inevitable or appalling (or both), the time has come to address its implications, as these thoughtful, battle-tested authors attempt to do. The time has long since come. David Quammen
thoughts-of-death repose
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose. Cesare Pavese
thoughtful decision sticks
I'm very thoughtful, and when I make a decision I usually stick to it. Casey Stoner
thoughtful talking going-away
That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another and praising the speaker, but which makes them go away thoughtful and serious, and hastening to be alone. William Shakespeare
thoughtful perfect levels
Your Majesty would have a perfect right to strike off his head," said Peridan. "Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins." "It is very true," said Edmund. "But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." And he looked very thoughtful. C. S. Lewis
thoughtful thinking psychics
I snuck a look to see how Eric was taking this, and he was staring at me the same way the Monroe vampires had. Thoughtful. Hungry. "That's interesting," he said. "I had a psychic once. It was incredible." "Did the psychic think so? Charlaine Harris
took
We started out sluggish. It took us a while to get in our groove. Jason Swearingen
took
Vail's a very important place for me. Everyone kind of took me in and accepted me in that town, and they still have to this day. I wouldn't be a downhill skier if I hadn't been there. Lindsey Vonn
took worked
When we got to our feet, I wanted to make something happen, so I took a chance. It worked out for me. Nate Gallick
took
Unfortunately, it took us this long to do this. Eric Norris
took
When they took the lead, we showed some toughness. Frank Haith
took
I think I just took a while to know myself. I went on a journey to find out. I was a bit wild. Trinny Woodall
took
Our Redeemer took upon Himself all the sins, pains, infirmities, and sicknesses of all who have ever lived and will ever live. James E. Faust
took
She never complained about being sick. She took it all in stride. Barbara Green
took tour
Mohammad and I took a tour of the devastation. Jalal Farzaneh
turned
You turned on the radio and heard all kinds of things. Luc Ferrari
turned
We really got rattled. They really had another gear; they turned it up. Tubby Smith
turned
-She turned me into a newt! -A newt?-I got better... Monty Python
turned
When I was in Chicago, I was working as a carpenter while I was doing plays. I thought it'd be a fun set construction job, but it turned up to just be a straight-up factory. Timothy Simons
turned
I've turned my guest house into this little studio, and we have actors come over and do readings. Jeff Goldblum
turned
To be well turned out, a woman should turn her thoughts in. Mainbocher
turned
I was surprised. I thought things would have turned around by now. Sheldon Danziger
turned
More or less, residents just turned their neighborhood over to us. Maj. Nester
turned
Ginter and Elly, they turned it so quick. Off the bat, I thought they had no chance. That right there is the game. It's another run. Huston Street
unlikely persecution
Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution. Charles Krauthammer
unlikely traders hard
If you don't work very hard, it is extremely unlikely that you will be a good trader. Bruce Kovner
unlikely
For those two reasons, his candidacy is, if not doomed, unlikely too succeed. Ian Stewart
unlike
The orbs have probably sold better through catalogs because they can be categorized unlike at most stores. David Rose
unlike
Unlike that other convention, what you are witnessing is real. George H. W. Bush
unlike
Unlike most of you, I am not a nut. Homer Simpson
unlike
Unlike his predecessors, Obama is not big on 'Masterpiece Theatre' nostalgia. Tina Brown
unlikely
I should think it is unlikely but you never know - never say never. Elaine Paige
unlikely
It is unlikely that reform-minded politicians will have a lot to say in the new government. Andreas Rees
verse
Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history. John Crowe Ransom
verses
I dabbled in verse and it became my life Patrick Kavanagh
verses
I had no idea that there are 2,350 verses on this subject. Greg Romano
verses
There's a lot of anger in the Twitter-verse, as I've discovered. But there's a lot of love. Joss Whedon
volume
Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases. Jerry Brown
volume
For me, personally, it was the volume of evidence. Steve Struss
volumes
With the US out today, volumes are pretty low. Jason Simpson
volume
It (the volume of subsidized fertilizer) will not change. Industry Idris
volume written
I have also written some poems which have not been collected in a volume. Grazia Deledda
volume knows
The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all. Johnny Thunders
volume worthy humankind
Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied. William Ellery Channing
volume
Nature is a volume of which God is the author. William Harvey
volume stomach cookery
The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all. William Penn