Famous Quotes & Sayings

George MacDonald

The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the boarders, searching out new lands into which she may guide her plodding brother. The imagination is the light which redeems from the darkness for the eyes of the understanding. Novalis says, 'The imagination is the stuff of the intellect' -affords, that is, the material upon which the intellect works.

Emily Procter

When I was 8, my favorite toy was a stapler. My brother was afraid of me.

Elyn Saks

No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness

Emanuel Cleaver

Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.

Ellie Goulding

I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.

Ellie Goulding

The only day I remember of my parents' marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone.

Elizabeth Fishel

Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony.

Elizabeth Gilbert

That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole.

Julie Andrews

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

Josh Holloway

I grew up on a dirt road with brothers.

Josh Gad

There was a 10- and 8-year difference between us, so my brothers were into tormenting me and I was into getting away from them.

Josh Hartnett

I'm a lot older than my little brothers and sister, so I think I grew up babysitting them.

Josh Hutcherson

I play Peeta. That's his name. It was given to him by his parents. He comes from a long line of bread. His sister is Rye. And his brother is Whole Wheat.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

Karen Russell

I am extremely close to my brother, Kent, and my sister, Lauren, who have been remarkably understanding about all of my weird sibling tales.

Karen Russell

Granana doesn't understand what the big deal is. She didn't cry at Olivia's funeral, and I doubt she even remembers Olivia's name. Granana lost, like, ninety-two million kids in childbirth. All of her brothers died in the war. She survived the Depression by stealing radish bulbs from her neighbors' garden, and fishing the elms for pigeons. Dad likes to remind us of this in a grave voice, as if it explained her jaundiced pitilessness: "Boys. Your grandmother ate pigeons.

Justin Smith

Tony [Touch] is like my big brother. He's somebody that I grew up listening to. I've had the fortune of befriending a lot of my idols in a positive way. Tony is one of them.

Justin Miller

I'm thinking in my head I'd like to have five minutes alone with this guy to get some payback. But you got to keep a level head. You just got to get to the house, search, find anything you can to put these guys away and bring some justice and get some revenge for our brothers who were lost.

Josh Lucas

I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.

Leonard Cohen

Maybe there's a god above but the only thing I learned from love was how to shoot at somebody who outdrew you.

Leonard Cohen

Why don't you try to do without him, why don't you try to live alone? Do you really need his hands for your passion? Do you really need his heart for your throne? Do you need his labor for your baby? Do you need his beast for the bone? Do you need to hold a leash to be a lady? I know that you can make it, you can make it on your own.

Leonard Cohen

And what can I tell you, my brother, my killer, what can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I'm glad you stood in my way

Lawrence Welk

I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.

Kyle Chandler

I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!

John Keble

As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.

John Kendrick Bangs

The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I rather guess It's selfishness That drives me to such actions, For in this plan I find I can Forget my own distractions.

Logan Lerman

Growing up, I had a very normal relationship with my brother and sister. But, over time, they became my best friends, and now I hang out with them all the time. I'm very close with them.

Lyndon B. Johnson

We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.

Louise Penny

Things are strongest where they're broken.

Lord Byron

By Heaven! it is a splendid sight to see For one who hath no friend, no brother there.

LZ Granderson

When you hear the words ‘gay lifestyle’ and ‘gay agenda’ in the future, [look] to your left, look to your right. That person next to you is a brother, is a sister. And they should be treated with love and respect.

Lorene Scafaria

There's this part of Judaism that I like. Tikun Alum. It said that the world is broken into pieces and everyone has to find it.

Malala Yousafzai

For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.