Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
ERMA BOMBECKTo take the measure of oneself by reference to one’s colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination.
More Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Quotes
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[G]overnment endorsement . . . of religion . . . sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR -
One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.
VINCENT VAN GOGH -
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.
KEITH RICHARDS -
Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.
ISAAC NEWTON -
The buzz is still with me. I get goose bumps.
DAVID BECKHAM -
One of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
FRED ROGERS -
Let others seek renown in arms; For me wine’s wars have greater charms: Then fill the bowl, boy; fill it high: ‘Tis better drunk, than dead to lie.
ANACREON -
We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.
BERNHARD LANGER -
Some of us will touch the sky, others will cradle the moon and some will enter a whole new galaxy. What a fortune.
SOPHIE ALIA -
I don’t care if you broke, you grew up broke. You grew up rich. You only get 24hrs in a day! We all only get 24 hours in a day. It’s what we do with it that makes the difference!
ERIC THOMAS -
I had this one rock band I used to listen to, but I forgot the name of them.
ACE HOOD -
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
THERESE OF LISIEUX -
It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
BILL WATTERSON -
There’s a reason that I have confidence out there, and it’s about how I prepare for games and for series and seasons and whatnot, so we’ve got to stick with that kind of thought process.
STEPHEN CURRY -
My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.
ADRIAN GRENIER