Claude Thomas Bissell Quotes

#1. I crossed the room, and what you did was to feel my hair over and over again and in different ways, touch it, with the palm of your hand ... felt it, strands of hair, with your fingers, touched it as if it were cloth, the way a child touches its favorite surfaces.

Edna O'Brien

#2. It's critical that states improve how teachers are trained, recruited, evaluated, compensated, advanced, and retained.

Eli Broad

#3. Monkey John looked at the dead boy. "By God, life is cheap up here on the goddamned Canadian River."
"Cheap," Blue Duck answered. "And it might get cheaper.

Larry McMurtry

#4. If there's something you want, pursue it. Hope has power. Don't waste it on foolish things.

Laini Taylor

#5. The choice facing the nation is between two totally different ways of life. And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark, divisive clouds of Marxist socialism and bring together men and women from all walks of life who share a belief in freedom.

Margaret Thatcher

#6. The way the normal human ego tries to fill its emptiness and deal with its discomfort is by comparing itself to other people. All the time.

Timothy Keller

#7. Kathel opened his eyes as the wood he was touching went up in flames. He then realized he was still holding Mahgen's hand. He released it immediately, completely thrown by the fact that he had no brain.
-Madison Thorne Grey, Sustenance

Madison Thorne Grey

#8. Hope is like sunshine, which is still there, shielded by clouds
Hope is that light, which beckons to brighten our days
The breezy buoyancy of hope stirs us to hold hands
The darkest of clouds disintegrate, says Mother Nature.

Balroop Singh

#9. He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore.

Jane Birkin

#10. That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.

George Carlin

#11. Before you leave the house, you need to make up your mind that you're going to stay positive and enjoy the day no matter what comes your way. You have to decide ahead of time.

Joel Osteen

#12. This business is always changing. If you're going to be a leader, you've got to take chances.

Ronnie Milsap