Amnion Quotes & Sayings

Over the long run, superior performance depends on superior learning. — Peter Senge

For the former, activity, any kind of activity, was an end in itself; for the latter, activity was but a progress toward the true end, which was rest, and peace of mind. Action was to be undertaken only when equilibrium was disturbed. — Olaf Stapledon

The scent of Havana tobacco draped thick from the magnolia trees in the front yard. Ice cubes mingled and clinked against the sides of crystal tumblers. Patrick said hello to a group of men sitting on the veranda. I heard the pop of a champagne cork and laughter from inside. — Ruta Sepetys

This wine makes me feel like I'm bathed in amnion, breathless, fed by the motherbloodflow in the umbilical vein, fetal, slippery and tumbling over and over in the warmth of the beating womb, warm amnion, warmnion. — Samuel Shem

maybe there is no sublime; only the shining of the amnion's tatters. — Galway Kinnell

The generation of seeds ... is therefore marvelous and analogous to the other productions of living things. For first of all an umbilicus appears ... Its extremity gradually expands and after gathering a colliquamentous ichor becomes analogous to an amnion ... In the course of time the seed or fetus begins to become visible. — Marcello Malpighi

The great player, so much of the greatness, in my mind, is in his heart and his head. It's not in his body, in his skill set. It comes from having great talent but wanting to mold that and fit it together into being special. And being special means winning championships. — George Karl

Love is the moonlight when the moon is your heart. — Debasish Mridha

I know how to stand up for myself. I say no when I want to, yes when I want to, and no one can really change my mind. — Kaley Cuoco

Let's table that. I need to man up. I need to queer up. That's what I need to do. I need to queer up and be fearless. — Mark William Lindberg

For a moment she lay still in the big bed, blinking sleepily, loath to move.
And then she realized that the angel's song hadn't stopped on her waking.
Silence sat up. The tantalizingly beautiful voice was coming from the half-open door to Mickey O'Connor's room. — Elizabeth Hoyt

Our dog, Comet, is a Lab/poodle mix. She's goofy and silly and sweet. — Garth Stein

If you speak up online and your ideas have currency, people are going to show up and want to connect with you. What we need more of are people with the guts and emotional labour to do this. The greatest shortage in today's society is an instinct to produce. — Seth Godin

As fire is covered by smoke, mirror by dust, and embryo by amnion, so is knowledge covered by desire. — Shweta Chandra