Famous Quotes & Sayings

O. Henry

Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat - seamy on both sides.

O. Henry

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

Octavio Paz

We must cultivate and defend particularity, individuality, and irregularity-life. Human beings do not have a future in the collectivism of bureaucratic states or in the mass society created by capitalism. Every system, by virtue as much of its abstract nature as of its pretension to totality, is the enemy of life. As a forgotten Spanish poet, José Moreno Villa, put it with melancholy wit: "I have discovered in symmetry the root of much iniquity."

Michael Card

Behind every specific call, whether it is to teach or preach or write or encourage or comfort, there is a deeper call that gives shape to the first: the call to give ourselves away - the call to die.

Michael Caine

It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

Merle Shain

The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let a bit more of it in.

Merle Shain

The older I get, the clearer it becomes to me that no one is cheated in this world, unless it's by himself.

Melanie Chisholm

Everybody in life is a chameleon.

Meir Kahane

It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.

Meir Kahane

Life is essentially a question of values.

Melanie Klein

the anxiety arising from the perpetual activity of the death instinct, though never eliminated, is counteracted and kept at bay by the power of the life instinct.

Melanie Klein

Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother.

Masi Oka

Even as we get older, we get in these routines -and routines are nice and comfortable -but I think that it's important to live life to its fullest and try different things. Because you never know what you're going to learn. You might not like it, you might like it.

Mason Cooley

The Simple Life is not a simple life.

Mason Cooley

The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment.

Mason Cooley

Life just keeps unfolding, ignoring our praise or blame.

Mason Cooley

Life is the risk we cannot refuse.

Mason Cooley

A goldfish is reason enough for living, if someone needs a reason.

Mason Cooley

I really like life, don't you? There's nothing else quite like it.

Mason Cooley

Life is used up all the same, whether we save, spend, or waste it.

Mason Cooley

Somehow the body keeps life going despite the ravaging negations of the mind.

Mason Cooley

The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point.

Mason Cooley

Vicarious living is only slightly less impossible than vicarious eating.

Mason Cooley

Life is what it makes you.

Mason Cooley

Awakening in the morning returns us to life, and to awareness of death.

Mason Cooley

Life is struggle and sleep.

Mason Cooley

Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.

Mason Cooley

Cure for an obsession: get another one.

Mary Karr

Sure the world breeds monsters, but kindness grows just as wild...

Mary Kay Ash

I've often said that we are doing something far more important than just selling cosmetics; we are changing lives.

Mary Kay Ash

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

Mary Alice

Trust is a fragile thing. Once earned, it affords us tremendous freedom. But once trust is lost, it can be impossible to recover. Of course the truth is, we never know who we can trust. Those we're closest to can betray us, and total strangers can come to our rescue. In the end, most people decide to trust only themselves. It really is the simplest way to keep from getting burned.

Mary Astell

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.