Arsenyev Quotes & Sayings

We must never forget that while striving to leave a better planet to our kids, it is just as important that we strive to leave better kids to our planet. — Steve Maraboli

In one of my novels I described a secret factory, hidden away in the Ural Mountains, which produced artificial meteorites. The dream of the Soviet military's high command: bombarding the United States with artificial meteorites, while making people believe they were real ones. — Andrey Kurkov

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself. — Akira Kurosawa

Every time you say no to Jesus Christ, it makes it that much harder for you to say yes to Jesus Christ. — Adrian Rogers

It [is] that courage that Africa most desperately needs. — Barack Obama

Your parents don't give you much love, do they?'
'I don't need that stuff,' I told her.
'Henry, everybody needs love.'
'I don't need anything.'
'You poor boy. — Charles Bukowski

What indicates a person's weak religion and fear of God, is that he seeks for an opinion that suits his desire. — Ibn Hazm

In the creative process, my ego has always been a huge tyrant ... a dictator and kind of rude and very misleading, because sometimes when I'm doing something, I say, "This is great! This is fantastic! Very genius!" And 20 minutes later, I feel like a dead jellyfish. "You are a stupid a**hole. This is a piece of sh*t. Nobody will care about it." — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Why. Why. Why. WHY.
The question my life had become. — Courtney Summers

The belly is the giver of genius. — Aulus Persius Flaccus

I'm working on several theories," I said. "But I'm currently favoring the hypothesis that the moon has a seemingly arbitrary effect on magic because it likes to piss me off." "That's a theory with a high degree of applicability to other spheres of life," he said. "Yes it is," I said, and we spontaneously fist — Ben Aaronovitch

The Hebrew word shalom is usually translated "peace," but our English word peace fails to capture its full meaning. Shalom refers not simply to an absence of fighting or conflict, or to a peace marked by rest and quiet. Shalom is not the peace one finds in a graveyard. Instead, it refers to a peace that grows out of harmony and right relationships. When men and women are in a right, God-intended relationship with him, each other, and the natural world, there will be order and harmony-even while there is a pulsating energy and dynamism. — Steve Monsma

Whoever designed this city built it to complement the setting sun as perfectly as the stars complement the night. — Sara Raasch

I'm going to kill you, you lying cocksucker. -Annie Wilks — Stephen King