Avutie Quotes & Sayings

'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?' — Chris Van Allsburg

Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will? — Pope Francis

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. — Oscar Wilde

The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity. — Ronald Reagan

There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today. — Arthur Jensen

Being a photographer is like listening to music. If you have a camera, by just living your life you're bound to find some things that are worth taking a picture of. You don't have to be an audiophile to have taste in music. It happens through osmosis. — Christine Elise

I'm in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren't, either.
Nobody goes faster than the legs they have.
If where I want to go is far away, I'm not there in an instant. — Al Berto

Adults are only kids grown up — Walt Disney Company

Girl, when he gives you kisses twain, use one, and let the other stay; And hoard it, for moons die, red fades, and you may need a kiss - some day. — Ridgely Torrence

Your face, not like LA where they're situated in no — Faye Kellerman

Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind ... — Mary Baker Eddy

We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics. — Ernst Troeltsch

Offset and Skillfeed are examples of products launched in 2013 that have expanded our opportunity with both large enterprises and across new content types. — Jon Oringer

The Bible is the funniest book I have ever read. It's so funny! Right in the first six pages, it's funny! — David Cross

When I ask people to contemplate selflessness, the sometimes react as if I've asked them to put their house on the market or give away all their money. If there was a self that existed in the way we think, discovering selflessness would be like putting our house on the market. But in the Buddhist tradition, the discovery of selflessness is called "completely joyful." It's not called "the raw end of the deal," or "I'd rather go back to bed," or "This is scary and depressing." — Sakyong Mipham