Aames Funding Quotes & Sayings

A bad mood is like bad breath. Both are wrong to inflict onto others — Dennis Prager

To write tragedy, a man must feel tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews. — Bertrand Russell

Deeply buried in the mind, there lies a mechanism that accepts what the mind experiences as beautiful and pleasant and rejects those experiences that are perceived as ugly and painful. This mechanism gives rise to those states of mind that we are training ourselves to avoid
things like greed, lust, hatred, aversion, and jealousy. — Henepola Gunaratana

I learned some chords and I started watching anybody I could, once I really got into it. — Johnny Rivers

I actually sing horribly, but I used to dance pretty good. I was a gymnast, and you can usually use those gymnastic tricks with dance. Plus, they're so much fun to do. That wasn't really a big part of my career. It was just a phase. — Robert Englund

A day in heaven,' Adam whispered. What would that be like? To wake up one morning and be normal? To not bite down and parcel out each second of each day. To not wrestle and negotiate with your obsessions. To not have thoughts that ran you into the ground.
To have a quit mind.
A quiet mind.
Quiet. — Teresa Toten

Anything can happen, Pet. If there's one thing for certain, it's that nothing is for certain. — Joshua Edward Smith

Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother. — Francis Bacon

Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out. — Malin Akerman

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them. — Kate Grenville

You don't trust people because they're a sure bet or even a good risk. You trust them because the risk that you'll lose them is worse than the risk that they'll hurt you. — Chris Moriarty

Miles said softly, "Ma. We'll get you out right away."
"Sure, Ma," said Jesse.
"Don't worry about me none," said Mae in the same exhausted voice. "I'll make out."
"Make out?" exclaimed the constable. "You people beat all. If this feller dies, you'll get the gallows, that's what you'll get, if that's what you mean by make out. — Natalie Babbitt

Yes, I know it's easy to make fun of the organised churches, but has it occurred to anyone to wonder why it's so easy? — John Cleese