Abou Ben Adhem Quotes & Sayings

Outside the leaves on the trees constricted slightly; they were the deep done green of the beginning of autumn. It was a Sunday in September. There would only be four. The clouds were high and the swallows would be here for another month or so before they left for the south before they returned again next summer. — Ali Smith

He thought her delightful, - freckles, picnic-untidiness and all. — Elizabeth Von Arnim

I look for the words, Professor. I look for the words because I believe that the words is the way to your heart. — Cormac McCarthy

Charlie Asher: Mrs. Ling, is that duck wearing trousers?
Mrs. Ling: Could be ... You hear of paper-wrap chicken? This duck in pants. — Christopher Moore

When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid — Horton Foote

Ostwald was a great protagonist and an inspiring teacher. He had the gift of saying the right thing in the right way. When we consider the development of chemistry as a whole, Ostwald's name like Abou ben Adhem's leads all the rest ... Ostwald was absolutely the right man in the right place. He was loved and followed by more people than any chemist of our time. — Wilder Dwight Bancroft

None of those material possessions do anything to make your life any better ... I know a lot of people who have a lot of everything, and they're absolutely the most miserable people in the world. So it won't do anything for you unless you're a happy person and can have peace with yourself. — Lenny Kravitz

I hate heights, that's the most terrifying thing for me. — Jonathan Knight

Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries. — Annie Lennox

The only job you have in life is to recognize and honor your personal legend — Paulo Coelho

Reduced to its lowest terms, the great struggle which now rocks the whole earth more and more takes on the character of a struggle of the individual versus the state. — J. Reuben Clark

The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty. — Bill McCollum

I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young. — Saoirse Ronan

It's hard to put what it means into words. It's just a dream I had when I was a little kid. It's not every day [you] get to make your lifelong dream come true. The point of doing things in life is you pursue a goal, and you go after it, you reach it and you pick another one. But they're hard to attain. — Jonathan Horton