Agabian Quotes & Sayings

For pure joy, I look at a small painting by Arbit Blatas. An ocean liner is at the center of the composition, perhaps ready to depart. It holds the promise of discovery. — Antonio Damasio

I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong. — Adam Johnson

I don't think there's anything wrong being a dreamer. — Erin Morgenstern

Why send a letter when you can send something truly magnificent? — Cassandra Clare

After fighting a brush fire at the base of Cedar Ridge for ten straight hours, Aidan Kincaid had only three things on his mind: sex, pizza, and beer. Given the way the day had gone, he'd gladly take them in any order he could get them. — Jill Shalvis

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

General Otis is proclaimed American Military Governor of the Philippines and I protest a thousand times and with all the force in my soul against such pretension. — Emilio Aguinaldo

While newborn babies don't have "habits," they don't stay newborns for long. Before you know it, your newborn becomes a baby who is accustomed to a specific routine. Babies get used to a certain pattern that becomes a very strong sleep cue, and then they are reluctant to accept change. — Elizabeth Pantley

Don't give up. You have invested a lot of time already. — Israelmore Ayivor

One of the CNN guys was literally yelling. How can you say that? It's too dangerous for us? We still have people in Syria! — Jack McDevitt

What makes you ask that?"
( ... ) "Why does anyone ask a question? Because I want to know the answer. — Cameron Dokey

I don't watch TV. Only while I'm doing it do I see it, really. So I don't know anything. I only know old reggae artists. So that's my thing. Old reggae artists and martial arts. — Greg Cipes

The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else. — Mark Batterson

A world with a sudden limit on air travel would be tremendously different from the one we live in now. — Charles C. Mann