The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
#quotes #simone-de-beauvoir #age #life

Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #speaking #silence

To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
#quotes #michelle-wie #sports #competition

Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
#proverbs

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

I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level, My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers, both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the "Harmony For Humanity" e-Stage. ~Russell Simmons
#quotes #russell-simmons #music

If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
#quotes #joseph-goebbels #war #europe #germany #russia

One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #kindness

As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
#quotes #tim-murphy #war #terrorism #iraq

Gardening is a humbling experience. ~Martha Stewart
#quotes #martha-stewart #gardening

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

Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #fortune

I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
#quotes #richard-lamm #democrat #politics

No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs #reason

The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
#quotes #george-muller #nature #god

The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
#quotes #robert-m-parker #wine #alcohol

I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
#quotes #david-kay #iraq

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #friendship #character

A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs #power #cats

It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
#quotes #derek-jeter #inspiration #success

I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
#quotes #emily-mortimer #dance #life

I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
#quotes #kofi-annan #military #iraq #united-states

I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
#quotes #iris-murdoch