Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
#quotes #peter-schuyler #bush

I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
#quotes #mos-def #thinking #independence

The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
#quotes #tom-hanks #50s #generation

And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
#quotes #michael-grant

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #debt #promise

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #faults

More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
#quotes #ron-kind #research #embryonic-stem-cells #medicine

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #conscience

I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
#quotes #paul-michael-glaser #70s #past #movies

If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
#quotes #martin-rees #time #human #change

Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
#quotes #amy-tan #family

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #skill

If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #human #purpose

If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
#quotes #fritz-scholder #painting #art

I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
#quotes #mara-wilson #movies

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

Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
#quotes #samuel-taylor-coleridge #mind

A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
#proverbs #saudi-proverbs #friendship

A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #age #dream #regret

Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
#quotes #richard-branson #business

After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
#quotes #shirley-jones #popularity #oscars

People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
#quotes #katherine-jenkins #mistakes #music

We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
#quotes #haylie-duff #family #cooking #pizza

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
#quotes #edith-wharton #hardship