Quotes By Famous Authors: [J]
Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State.
This is a turf battle. They are saying, 'The songwriters aren't getting paid.' Baloney. Songwriters are getting paid. They're paid sync rights and (mechanical) rights. ...
Choice not chance dictates direction, and passion strengthens fortitude
Believe that you have it, and you have it.
You can be what you want to be
It all begins with that you believe in. Believe in fun, you won't regret it
It's always a nice day above the clouds
Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh ...
He stepped on my shadow. I could not walk. And then I could not breathe. I did not know what had happened until it happened. ...
The job market, however, proved distressingly uncooperative. All of the local barista positions had been filled by more enterprising philosophy majors, and Arthur lacked the ...
It's horrible when your heart is somewhere your body is not.
I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.
My belief in God is that God wants you. God wants you to believe in him, or it, whatever you would call it.
To say goodbye is not to develop amnesia
Shamelessness is not the same as honesty.
Women are important in the Pre-Raphaelite movement. But while their faces are seen everywhere- in oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, - their voices are never heard.
Life is very difficult. There's nothing to be ashamed of by reading self-help books. If you're stuck in a dark place it can be incredibly ...
The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.
In the summer of 1913, Kafka bangs endlessly on about 'necessity,' that favorite concept of every German since Hegel who ever planned to do something ...
I view game shows as welfare for the hyperactive.
Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others. Give me a believing ...
Markets will always move ahead of the news.
We've outsourced our memories to digital devices, and the result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small forgotten thing as ...
I think most of the dramatic new ideas come from little companies that then grow big.
The man who publishes a book without an index ought to be damned 10 miles beyond hell, where the Devil himself cannot get for stinging ...
What is henna? More than just the art itself, the name henna is actually derived from its flowering plant. ...
A hell of a lot can happen in nowhere.
We've also had comments in relation to Donald Trump's comments in respect of investment in Scotland- the UK government has never given Mr Trump awards ...
When men feel the wound that cannot heal, they either bury themselves in woman's arms and ask her for healing, which she cannot provide, or ...
We become obsessed with 'truth' when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with 'freedom' when discussing conduct ... Like freedom, truth is a bare ...
I'm European, I wake up in heels.
John Bond has brought in a young left-sided midfield player, who I guess will play on the left side of midfield.
Trying to change the outer is like seeing your unclean or unshaven face in the mirror and trying to shave or clean the mirror.
I tell them that in Finland the first thing men coming back from the front wanted was sex; only after that did they take their ...
Knock knock! Who's there? Shelby! Shelby who? Shelby coming around the mountain when she comes!
I experience the age I am now as an age at which I must ensure that I already am what I insist or believe I ...
ANDERSONVILLE DIARY JOHN H. RANSOM, LATE FIRST SERGEANT NINTH MICH. CAV., AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER, 1881
I just want you to remember it. All of it. In vivid, technicolor clarity. And that can only be achieved if you're sober. When you ...
There is more hope in honest brokenness than in the pretense of false wholeness.
What's bothering me is you always seem ready to snap my head off my shoulders and I'm not comfortable with that.
Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
Now I know why the Lord took his day off on Sunday. That must be the day he personally greets his favorites.
Even now, most people call me Joy or Joe Lee or Joey. It's all fine with me. The only time I correct them is when ...
If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global ...
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
Days begin and end in the dead of night. They are not shaped long, in the manner of things which lead to ends - arrow, ...
I'm not afraid to play the role of Christian Grey. Because I'm not like him. But I perfectly understand him. I never thought that he ...
Grown ups' could learn a lesson from watching cartoons.
Scar tissue - it's a new layer of tender skin, lightly covering the wound. Still a vulnerable spot, the slightest little knock might tear the ...
Do not write for the many who would disparage your words but for the few who would die if not for the consumption of your ...