Bakongo Culture Quotes & Sayings

Self-contemplation is a curse
That makes an old confusion worse. — Theodore Roethke

Plan your garden on paper. Mistakes made on paper won't cost you much in time or money. — Elsa Bakalar

The question is not can animals speak but can they suffer. — Jeremy Bentham

Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn't it Tess? — Thomas Hardy

Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and half-dislike, and must suspend their judgement for years to come, you may begin to hope. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an equally screwed up man that no one ever comments about, or a nicer woman that no one comments about. — Gillian Flynn

I'm Captain Logan MacKenzie. I received every last one of your missives, and despite your best attempts to kill me, I am verra much alive."
He propped a finger under her chin, tilting her face to his. So she would be certain to hear and believe his words.
"Madaline Eloise Gracechurch ... I've come here to marry you. — Tessa Dare

If we can sell out a venue that's just as big as this in Omaha, if we can sell out DePaul in Chicago tomorrow, which looks like it's going to happen for 1100 or 1200 people, then obviously everyone will know that we can affect between 700 to 1000 people at a time in damn near every city in America, then I think that's a good start. It also tells people, and gives them an example, how independent hip-hop is able to do this without gigantic corporate support. — Immortal Technique

5:3 Do Not Wither within Your Area of Expertise
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But the lawyer must not allow the client to make a decision that the lawyer believes is wrong without a forceful and effective presentation by the lawyer of his or her position on the subject. When the matter is within the sphere of the lawyer's expertise, the lawyer must not permit the fear of being wrong to devour the lawyer's obligation to urge a course of action which the lawyer believes to be the best. (p.58) — Peter Siviglia

My mother always said democracy is the best revenge. — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

In no other action can our Savior be considered more tender or more loving than in this, in which He, as it were, annihilates Himself and reduces Himself to food, that He may penetrate our souls and unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful. — Saint Francis De Sales

I deserve to be happy. I'm sad it took me so long to get that. But I get it now. — Susane Colasanti

It is the unexpected and the surprise quality of a personal vision, rather than the emotion, which make people respond to a photograph. — Alexey Brodovitch

Because you wear a uniform, a smelly uniform ... and so you think you can be rude to me. — Morrissey