Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States. —W. E. B. Du Bois More about this quote Tags: politics ignorance knowledge USA Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nearly one-half of all Americans are torsos. —Demetri Martin More about this quote Tags: humor USA statistics bodies anatomy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
At times he could be charming and gracious, which was what had made it so hard to leave him. His ability to be tender and loving was equal to his capacity to be deceptive and underhanded. He could rip out my heart and then be the first one to pick it up and hand it back to me. —Debbie Macomber in A Girl's Guide to Moving On More about this quote Tags: love deception charm tenderness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some lessons you learned by the book. Others you learned from cold hard experience. The latter may not be the best way to learn, but it damn well stuck. —Maya Banks in No Place to Run More about this quote Tags: reading books experience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. —J. R. R. Tolkien More about this quote Tags: knowledge acquaintance welcome Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: humor knowledge youth lying Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nostalgia is my vice. Nostalgia is a melancholy, and slightly saccharine, sentiment, like tenderness. —Isabel Allende in My Invented Country More about this quote Tags: sadness vice nostalgia tenderness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What's important is people. The people who love us, who need us, who make us feel emotion. That's what's important in life. —Helen Hardt in Possession More about this quote Tags: love life people emotion need Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My old man used to say you could be dollar-poor but emotionally rich if you had one good friend. —Fern Michaels in The Guest List More about this quote Tags: friends money wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine. —H. L. Mencken More about this quote Tags: now presence knowledge moonshine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes the risk of what bad things could happen keeps us from experiencing all the good things life has to offer. —Vi Keeland in Rebel Heir More about this quote Tags: life risk bad good Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No matter how much you try to maintain order in your life, no matter how careful you are to guard against mistakes, against imperfections, there is always some smudge, some flaw, lurking out of sight. Waiting to surprise you. —Tess Gerritsen in The Surgeon More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5x11 inch paper cannot be understood. —Mark Ardis More about this quote Tags: learning learning knowledge specification project management Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose. —Myles Munroe in Waiting and Dating More about this quote Tags: purpose need fulfillment worth dating Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This was the kind of kiss you remembered when you were a very old lady with a very poor memory. —Valerie Bowman in The Untamed Earl More about this quote Tags: love memory romance kiss Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email