Arithabort Quotes & Sayings

I never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands. For me, life happened, just as it does for anyone else. — Elizabeth Taylor

Hey. Hey, stop that, now. Uncle Drake is a nice man." He held Maggie, patting her while Jenny and Christian looked at their sister like she was crazy.
Drake looked like he was facing down the worst thug imaginable.
"We're a little sensitive."
"About cookies or cops?"
"Cookies. Spiders. Dogs. Cats. Birds. Balloons. Semi trucks. Caterpillars ... — Sean Michael

Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep - it can't be done abruptly. — Colm Toibin

Don't look for an unshakable rock to stand on; there ain't any! Rather, learn how to stand still on a shaking rock! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way. — Lester B. Pearson

Just try walking very slowly, and you will be surprised - a new quality of awareness starts happening in the body. Eat slowly, and you will be surprised - there is great relaxation. Do everything slowly ... just to change the old pattern, just to come out of old habits. — Rajneesh

Eternal humility is the price of knowledge. — Yanko Tsvetkov

He comes out in shorts and the same V-neck shirt. One of his legs from just below the knee is a prosthesis. It's made of a dark metal and has swirling, jagged patterns on it. I feel like I should have known this, but I've only seen him in pants because it's winter. "Sorry, — Alison Evans

I just think its the changes that age brings. You slow down a little bit ... the writers are smart enough to write all those changes that life gives you. — James Gandolfini

The Chinese are a knowing people; and I daresay that is why they once made a religious odor about old age; to prevent their sons from seeing their own future. — Christina Stead

Hackman's paradox: Groups have natural advantages: they have more resources than individuals; greater diversity of resources; more flexibility in deploying the resources; many opportunities for collective learning; and, the potential for synergy. Yet studies show that their actual performance often is subpar relative to "nominal" groups (i.e. individuals given the same task but their results are pooled.) The two most common reasons: groups are assigned work that is better done by individuals or are structured in ways that cap their full potential. — J. Richard Hackman

We shortchange ourselves by regarding religious faith as a matter of intellectual assent. This is a modern aberration; the traditional Christian view is far more holistic, regarding faith as a whole-body experience. Sometimes it is, as W.H. Auden described it, 'a matter of choosing what is difficult all one's days as if it were easy. — Kathleen Norris

A man must always take advantage of opportunities to piss and sleep. I've done the one, now it's time to do the other. — Hunter Shea

There are six stages to knowledge: Firstly: Asking questions in a good manner. Secondly: Remaining quiet and listening attentively. Thirdly: Understanding well. Fourthly: Memorising. Fifthly: Teaching. Sixthly- and it is its fruit: Acting upon the knowledge and keeping to its limits. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society. — John Key