Commemoration Book Quotes

#1. Did he know that she was so dissatisfied with herself that she was always pretending to be different? Probably he did, and despised her for it. More than anyone she knew, Joe Willard was always, fearlessly, himself.

Maud Hart Lovelace

#2. We had strict injunctions, however, on no account to pass the falls of Reichenbach, which are about half-way up the hill, without making a small detour to see them.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#3. Persistence is the virtue by which all other virtues bear fruit.

Arturo Graf

#4. I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.

Florence Griffith Joyner

#5. Hate is an infection, a disease, that eats away at the good and leaves only evil.

R. Francis D'Oliveira

#6. They will never have this, will they? They might not ever know the feeling of cozying up to a lightning bolt, what it feels like to look at someone's face and see your heart there.

Alexandra Bracken

#7. The hard work and poverty of my childhoodturned out to be my greatest asset in later years. Nothing could ever seem too hard after that.

Sue Sanders

#8. We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.

Jimmy Carter

#9. Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

George Herbert

#10. Today I told myself that in actual fact anyone who takes an innocuous and random delight in his life is an absolute lummox.

Robert Walser

#11. If the great figures of this nation's history were alive today, they would all have to say that they committed a felony when they applied for a job at McDonald's.

Justin King

#12. We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.

Walid Jumblatt

#13. My first love, in my head, believe it or not, was Ron Howard.

Jane Lynch

#14. Books were not an expense; they were an investment.

Ann-Marie MacDonald

#15. In the lonely hours, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about eternal things. I have contemplated the comforting doctrines of eternal life.

Joseph B. Wirthlin