14126 Quotes & Sayings

I once had a mind of quicksand,
That dragged ideas into its depths,
Inhaling specks of sunlight,
Every time I drew a breath,
But the world thought me a hazard,
When every word I spoke, I meant,
So around me they put caution tape,
And filled me with cement. — Erin Hanson

The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible. — John Green

With thoughtless and impatient hands We tangle up the plans The Lord hath wrought. And when we cry in pain He saith, "Be quiet, man, while I untie the knot." (Author unknown, in Jack M. Lyon et al., Best-Loved Poems of the LDS People [1996], 304) — Boyd K. Packer

Bert's wallet is like an onion. Any time he opens it, he starts crying. — Brendan Morrison

My primary calling, I always knew since the age of 11, was as a composer, and so that had to take priority. — Gunther Schuller

Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete! — Robert Browning

But now I understood that, although words were God's first creation, silence was closer to His divine spirit, and that prayers given in silence were infinitely greater than the thousands of words men might offer up to heaven. — Alice Hoffman

Besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child. — Bryce Courtenay