Life. It’s a funny thing. Some want it, some throw it away. Some cling, some have it stolen from them. It’s terrifying. —Kelsey Sutton in Some Quiet Place More about this quote Tags: life Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
They tell you you’ll forget how it used to be. You’ll get used to it, that it’s better to move on. They don’t realize you can’t. You’re not the same person anymore. —Amanda Sun in Ink More about this quote Tags: memory identity change Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas. —Edwin Land More about this quote Tags: history ideas Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
2 A.M. You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they’re asleep or its cold or you need to be bailed out of jail…they’ll come for you. It’s like the highest level of friendship. —Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye More about this quote Tags: friendship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. —John Andrew Holmes More about this quote Tags: action speech inaction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. —Oliver Wendell Holmes More about this quote Tags: mind learning knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic. —Dan Rather More about this quote Tags: politics USA traffic cars Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. —Arthur Schopenhauer More about this quote Tags: reading time books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. —Josh Billings More about this quote Tags: silence argument Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. —Albert Szent-Gyorgyi More about this quote Tags: discovery thought thinking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. —Will Rogers More about this quote Tags: heroism applause Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. —Anatole France More about this quote Tags: life immortality desire Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you. —John Updike in My Father’s Tears and Other Stories More about this quote Tags: love reality memory Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: art completion finishing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: justice humor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email