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I'm pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do. — John Mayer

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it. — Francis Quarles

She tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing. — Lewis Carroll

Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome. — Josh Billings

The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER to be selfish. — Pat Riley

She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for. — Holly Black

There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well done. — W.E.B. Du Bois

Before a day was over, Home comes the rover, For mother's kiss - sweeter this
Than any other thing! — William Allingham

You cut their money back, for one thing ... I go back a long way with the NEA. — Charlton Heston

I have a thing for tools. — Tim Allen

The trade deficit is the capital surplus and don't ever think of having a capital surplus as being a bad thing for our country. — Arthur Laffer

A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing. — Aesop

To give a thing to one who is not fit for it and not to give a thing to one who is fit for it is equally oppression. — Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

After paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride. — Evan Esar

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself! — Mary Anne Radmacher

No thing happens in vain, but everything for a reason and by necessity. — Steven Weinberg

I didn't understand this overwhelming attraction to a boy I just met, but one thing was sure: I was slowly, but deeply, falling for him. — Priya Kanaparti

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself. — Abraham Lincoln

Don't search for logic where it isn't welcome, the only thing you'll get is a bad headache. — Natalie Herzer

Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints. — Patrick Chan

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. — Winston S. Churchill

Aberystwyth (n.)
A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for. — Douglas Adams

A half-hour walk is the most beneficial thing you can do for your ailments. — Ernie J Zelinski

First thing I do in the morning is give thanks to God for another day, and then turn to HLN News or ESPN to see what's going on in the world. — Vivica A. Fox

It's a tough thing having to step aside for a friend, when your heart's breaking and your nether parts are still tangled up in their base desires. — Bill Willingham

I've got a lot of respect for tuba players, just carrying that thing around. — Jim Pattison

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. — Thomas Carlyle

The strange thing was that you felt such a great sense of affection, not for anything or for anyone, but the fullness of what may be called love. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat. — John Selden

It is one thing being disciplined to plan and it is another thing being a disciple of great work. Be your own disciplinarian. — Israelmore Ayivor

Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves. — Hannah More

The hardest thing for me about making movies, and that included 'M*A*S*H' because it was made like a movie, was starting and stopping. — Alan Alda

I don't like gadgets for their own sake. I like gadgets that are tools. And I like simple gadgets that do one thing really well like a hammer. — Rob Corddry

The best thing you can do in the whole world is to play baseball. That's a lucky job ... The passion for baseball is always going to be there. — Cal Ripken Jr.

I think, for me, listening to music is a very solitary thing. Or maybe that's just something people say when they're too lame to go to live shows. — Becky Albertalli

There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing? — Alan Bradley

Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself. — Khaled Hosseini

The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour. — Lincoln Child

No one could ride a horse if the horse discovered its real strength. The same thing is true for people. — Napoleon Hill

Each source that I read, I would look through the bibliography and the footnotes, and use that as a map for the next thing I would read. — Alexander Chee

I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary. — Vanessa Kerry

If I did only one thing at a time I'd think I was wasting my time. If, for example, I only wrote novels I would feel like a charlatan and a fraud. — Peter Ackroyd

Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met. — William, Saroyan

For to keep dark the mind of the mageborn, that is a dangerous thing. — Ursula K. Le Guin

How happy a thing were a wedding,
And a bedding,
If a man might purchase a wife
For a twelvemonth and a day — Thomas Flatman

A strange thing - nails will hold a building together, but there's nothing better for taking a man apart. — Mark Lawrence

A thing doesn't have to be true, he said, for a person to get joy out of it. What it has to be is not evil or malicious. — Frank Delaney

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place. — Robert Baden-Powell

It's a funny thing sensing someone else's sex drive. After a while, you get to mistaking it for your own. — Haruki Murakami

Never give up never give in to anything that does not seems worth it because good has a plan for every little thing. — Neiko Travis Burrowes

This better not be a pregnant thing or your hot little ass is gonna live knocked up for the next thirty years. — Abbi Glines

I am a coward, damn you! I couldna tell ye, for fear ye would leave me, and unmanly thing that I am, I thought I couldna bear that! — Diana Gabaldon

It's, like, sort of a dream thing for an actor when they're told to gain weight. — Bryce Dallas Howard

It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right. — Hesiod

Yeah, you're a regular Mozart ... well, except for the whole music thing. — James Dashner

Badmind is such a treacherous emotion because the very thing someone badmind's you for, is the same thing he/she wants for themselves. — Crystal Evans

The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. — Molly Ivins

If a nation blames other nations for their problems, most likely the citizens of the nations will do the same thing. — Debasish Mridha

Prayer is a powerful thing; for God has bound and tied himself thereunto. — Martin Luther

For most people, blaming others is a subconscious mechanism for avoiding accountability. In reality, the only thing in your way is YOU. — Steve Maraboli

Jack threw back his shoulders. It would appear,as usual, that everything is up to me. Good thing I'm always ready for a challenge. — Kiersten White

There can be no such thing as a successful traitor, for if one succeeds he becomes a founding father. The — Saul D. Alinsky

They have dog food for constipated dogs. If your dog is constipated, why screw up a good thing? Stay indoors and let 'em bloat! — David Letterman

I just always look for stuff that has a character-driven thing. — Jay Roach

The ignorant majority, which does however possess one thing in abundance: It is raring for a fight. — Elfriede Jelinek

The Bible for me is holy writ. It's a very straightforward thing, although I am not a literalist. — Marilynne Robinson

In down times I do things like go for a long bike ride or run. The other thing I'm doing in that quiet time is just observing. — Robin Williams

You must let go of a thing for a new one to come to you. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

One thing I would like to see is a stronger ladder series for up-and-coming American drivers. — Michael Andretti

It was one thing to pray for a Christmas miracle, to believe in one. It was something else entirely to see it happen before their eyes. — Karen Kingsbury

I, for one, don't forget a thing. I just sit around waiting for something worse. — Natasha Friend

The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section. — Jo Jones

The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own. — Marie Kondo

"What's the next thing that's going to kill me?" is a mantra for pilots and astronauts. — Chris Hadfield

The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person. — Candace Bushnell

The greed to be loved is a fearful thing. Some of those who say that they live only for love come to live in incessant resentment. — C.S. Lewis

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. — Pindar

The most important talent for a shinobi is not the numberof jutsu. The important thing is ... HAVING THE GUTS TO NEVER GIVE UP. — Masashi Kishimoto

One devoted to his cat would not leave it long alone. A cat's loyalty is not a thing to be taken for granted, but courted day by day. — Robin Hobb

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat. — Duke Of Wellington

A poem is a box, a thing, to put other things in. For safe keeping. — Marianne Boruch

If there were such a thing as a vampire-puppy-dog, it would be Cecil. Big pleading eyes, asking for an ear-scratch and a nice warm bowl of blood. — Franny Billingsley

Tell me about yourself.' A strange thing for a husband to ask a wife. — Janet Mullany

If you're looking for a unique solution, the last thing you should do is ask for a vote. — Youngme Moon

I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing right now is to look forward, not behind you. — Teemu Selanne

There's no such thing as a tough child - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender. — W.C. Fields

If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. — John Locke

Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing ... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart. — Jeb Bush

Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me. — Annie Lennox

Artistically I'm curious. But in life? No. I can go to a restaurant and order the same thing for 10 years. — Chris Rock

I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for me, it must be said, the most important thing. — Diane Setterfield

If you do your job right, no one realizes you did your job, and that's a good thing. You strive for that. — Rob Letterman

Without such a thing as fast food, there would be no need for slow food, — Michael Pollan

My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing. — Dan Blocker

Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. — Lord Chesterfield

You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

I have a real thing for Mexican directors. And I love Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. — Emma Watson

And she refused to go to that miserable place he had dragged her to so many times, to hope for a thing that was unchangeable. — Jhumpa Lahiri

If you keep a thing seven years, you are sure to find a use for it. — Walter Scott

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent. — Joseph Roux