Akuim Quotes & Sayings

My giving is discretionary, but keeping the business going is not. — Michael Hintze

Trying to describe a good marriage is like trying to describe your adrenal glands. You know they're in there functioning but you don't really understand how they work. — Helen Gurley Brown

I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it. — Trick Daddy

I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to. — Oscar Pistorius

An educator should think of a child as a garderner thinks of a plant, as something to be made to grow by having the right soil and the right kind amount of water. If your roses fail to bloom, it does not occur to you to whip them, but you should try to find out what has been amiss in your treatment of them ... The important thing is what the children do, and not what they do not do. And what they do, if it is to have value, must be a spontaneous expression of their own vital energy. — Bertrand Russell

A small change at the beginning of the design process defines an entirely different product at the end. — Jonathan Ive

I know that look. It comes in the quiet moments, like this one. I know you're thinking that this is all your fault and that I would be better off without you. But here's the thing you need to understand. You are my peace and my home. You are the everything. The pain isn't real. The hearts are. — Brodi Ashton

When you abide in the I you're abiding in the ego. The I is really the ego, the small I. It turns into the Self eventually. — Robert Adams

You are blessed, You are great. You are not alone. You are powerful. — Amit Ray

Protect that girl, Balthazar. She is an innocent in all of this."
"Why does she want Nikolas to gain his humanity?"
"She believes they are in love."
The absurdity of D's words hit Balthazar square in the gut. He would have doubled over if he didn't find the reason pathetic. Thankfully, he managed to keep the laughter in his head.
"Love? Nikolas? — Kate Evangelista

As a kid I was told to quit daydreaming! Don't you want to be a success like Joe, who always listens?
Now, I'm an adult and Joe is in jail and I'm writing books, go figure. — P.M. Russell

There are so many people in this world to hate good guys rather than to love them. — M.F. Moonzajer

Every mom believes her kid's school doodles are amazing, and I'm no different. — Solange Knowles

I think it would be exhausting and depressing, to write, to watch and to live, if it was just focused on drama. It's heavy. Also, I think the humor really highlights the pathos and the struggle. You can slam it up against drama, and it makes both shine. — Jenji Kohan