One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
#quotes #shel-silverstein #sisters

The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
#quotes #leos-carax #world

In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon

Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. ~Louise Slaughter
#quotes #louise-slaughter #challenge-america

It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
#quotes #alphonsus-rodriguez #saints

I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
#quotes #simon-cowell #snow-patrol #band #music

A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #luck

If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
#quotes #billy-sunday #prayer

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
#quotes #simone-de-beauvoir #world #truth

Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #anarchism #government

The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
#proverbs #american-proverbs

I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
#quotes #dule-hill #acting #black

The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
#quotes #lydia-davis #russell-edson #style #writing #stories

Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
#quotes #william-j-clinton

Everything that happens is meant to be. It is meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it is meant to be disaster. ~Tony Kaye
#quotes #tony-kaye #time #future

I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
#quotes #john-green #inspiration

Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
#quotes #voltaire #independence #justice

I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
#quotes #tinker-hatfield #impact #town

If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #action #hiding

Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
#proverbs #yoruban-proverbs #beauty

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #patience

What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #happiness #exaggeration

They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
#quotes #ryan-adams #coats #winter

The necessity for "professionals" in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. ~Jason Alexander
#quotes #jason-alexander #entertainment #professionalism

Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
#quotes #george-e-allen