172 Centimeters Quotes & Sayings

Lucky people seem to create an alternative support system - faith, prayer, hobbies, meditation, friends - to tide over their bad phases and are thus able to use such periods to the best of their abilities. — Ashwin Sanghi

Life, by which I mean my life, is a great, or probably the greatest, design, from its very beginning to its end, the end that, I think, is unlikely to exist. Each and every bit of life is a part of the design. Design exists as the consequence of the ultimate questioner's vanity. And my mission is to find the most fundamental truth, which probably and exclusively involves the nature of the existence of the ultimate questioner. — Kedar Joshi

My dad was always my manager as far as I was concerned, even when I had another manager. At times he let me go with someone else who he thought could take me to another level when he couldn't, and he was right. But they were in it for another reason. He was in it because he wanted to see me succeed no matter what, and he made decisions based on being a dad as opposed to a manager. — Tanya Tucker

To die trying would be better than to die without purpose. — Lauren DeStefano

He was probably already in one of the nearby restaurants - a TGIChiliMcAppleBarrel's or whatever ... — Christopher Farnsworth

Thank you, Spanx. Because of you, my postbaby body can mold like Jell-O into a svelte, sexy little shape . . . for a few hours anyway. Your ability to lift and tuck simply takes my breath away, literally! May you continue to do God's work and be the progenitor of the muffin top. THANK YOU, SARA BLAKELY!! Sincerely, All Women. — Jen Hatmaker

War doesn't end war any more than a heroin fix ends a heroin addiction. — Ethan Nichtern

There is no point winning the semi if you don't win the final. It's as simple as that. No one will remember a big semifinal if you lose the final, so you have to do it all again. — Brian O'Driscoll

Often a cold shudder has run through me, and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy. — Charles Darwin

Thoughts and emotions will always arise. — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Everything new troubles us. Life catches us unawares and obliges us to journey towards the unknown, even when we do not want to, even when we do not need to. — Paulo Coelho

Whatever happens, they say afterwards, it must have been fate. People are always a little confused about this, as they are in the case of miracles. When someone is saved from certain death by a strange concatenation of circumstances, they say that's a miracle. But of course if someone is killed by a freak chain of events
the oil spilled just there, the safety fence broken just there
that must also be a miracle. Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous. — Terry Pratchett

Do not let the fame come near to you! Protect your freedom! Fame must be avoided so as to breathe freely! Stay in the shadow to work comfortably! Away from the crowds, in the heart of calmness, there is wonderful peace of mind that no fame can ever give you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. It is good for people to realize that purchasing is always a moral - and not simply economic - act. — Pope Benedict XVI