top quotations of all time
health mind body
Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. Ralph Marston
retirement hero giving
Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses. Ken Venturi
spring bravery phases
Revolution is a phase, a mood, like spring, and just as spring has its buds and showers, so revolution has its ebullience, its bravery, its hope, and its solidarity. Some of these things pass. Rebecca Solnit
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Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two layers of silk, so I played him much lighter - you know, floating around in a pair of slippers, a bit of a hippy. Michael Gambon
aid countries sending
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. Iqbal Quadir
Top Art quotes
work kids black
Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough. Freeman A. Hrabowski III
children rich-or-poor individuality
Rich or poor, every child comes into the world with some imperative need of its own, which shapes its individuality. Lucy Larcom
american-musician
Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think. Wanda Jackson
right-now involved
Right now I'm not involved with anybody, but I hope by 75 I will be again. Stevie Nicks
funny cute boyfriend
Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend. Christina Aguilera
Top Happiness quotes
mother daughter eye
Right now, my daughter's just rolling her eyes at everything I do; I'm just an embarrassment. Elizabeth Perkins
book my-favorite dilemma
Right now my favorite book is 'Omnivores Dilemma. Bryan Volpenhein
voice lows notes
Right now, my voice is better than ever. It changed. I have better low notes than I had before. Eydie Gorme
vibrant
Rio's a beautiful city, a vibrant place, special place. Eduardo Paes
appealing commerce contracts everywhere recognized
Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder. Steven Pinker
Top Life quotes
maintain rebuild repair themselves
Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves. Martin O'Malley
johnson knows
Robert Johnson? No, I didn't know him, personally. Muddy Waters
biting gotten keeps steadily
Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds keeps biting robot developers. David Hanson
aging far maximize playing rock roll
Rock and Roll does have its limits as far as the aging process. You want to go out there and play while you're at your peak, right? I think that's encouraging us to keep going out on the road - to maximize the playing at the moment. Geddy Lee
past rock-and-roll rocks
Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on. Tony Visconti
Top Positive quotes
art rocks people
Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk. Billy Idol
music rocks expression
Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. Frank Sinatra
rogues regimes
Rogue regimes never respond to anything less than hardball. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
age associated closely forget measured proposal romance sell sickness
Romance isn't measured by how viral your proposal goes. The Internet age may try to sell you something different, but don't ever forget that viral is closely associated with sickness - so don't ever make being viral your goal. Ann Voskamp
vehicle right-time dies
Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me. Aaliyah
Top Travel quotes
roots people my-family
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people. Alex Haley
brush change good healthy routines shower teeth
Routines are normal, natural, healthy things. Most of us take a shower and brush our teeth every day. That is a good routine. Spiritual disciplines are routines. That is a good thing. But once routines become routine you need to change your routine. Mark Batterson
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Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That's one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on. Nancy Gibbs
running kids differences
Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not? Queen Latifah
running building-up focus
Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength. Amanda Burton
Top Beauty quotes
numbers russia europe
Russia contains one fourth of the inhabitants of all Europe, and one half of the entire number of Israelites. Isaac Mayer Wise
russia important east
Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so. Helmut Kohl
moving responsibility space
Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward. Valentina Tereshkova
writing practice wish
Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian. David Remnick
years trying trouble
Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one thing and something else gets in trouble. Paul Bremer
Top Hope quotes
brown folks means namely ongoing rarely regarding reluctant whites
Sadly, whites are rarely open to what black and brown folks have to say regarding their ongoing experiences with racist mistreatment. And we are especially reluctant to discuss what that mistreatment means for us as whites: namely that we end up with more and better opportunities as the flipside of discrimination. Tim Wise
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Salem houses present to you a serene and dignified front, gracious yet reserved, not thrusting forward their choicest treasures to the eyes of passing strangers; but behind the walls of the houses, enclosed from public view, lie cherished gardens, full of the beauty of life. Alice Morse Earle
chop extract holds preserve
Salt is a preservative. It really holds flavor. For example, if you chop up some fresh herbs, or even just garlic, the salt will extract the moisture and preserve the flavor. Sally Schneider
mother disgusting variety
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure. Petrarch
commercial discover high map nasa past resolution satellite
'Satellite archaeology' refers to the use of NASA and commercial high resolution satellite datasets to map and discover past structures, cities, and geological features. Sarah Parcak
Top Love quotes
sarcastic sarcasm glasses
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. Jonathan Swift
time sarcasm thinking
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it. Lenny Bruce
self tactics satire
Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate. Herb Caen
strong kings people
Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid. Al-Waleed bin Talal
books children food helped million providing save school
Save the Children is an awesome charity that has helped more than 125 million children around the world, providing everything from school books to food to blankets and shelter. PewDiePie
Top Romantic quotes
mystery enough
Savor the mystery, Stephen, we don't get enough of them. David McCallum
dog fall world
Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral. Elizabeth Pena
art cosmic dragged gave met modern museum religious science
Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum of Modern Art. Jon Kabat-Zinn
science scientist proof
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. Ashley Montagu
law facts laws-of-nature
Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature. Luther Burbank
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