Balpennen Quotes & Sayings

Ibn Ata' Allah said: God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates of acceptance. On the other hand, He may Allow you to fall into disobedience which happens to lead you to the right path. DISOBEDIENCE that teaches you HUMILITY is better than PIETY that fills you with VANITY and ARROGANCE. — Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

I would be quite wise to realize that I will never craft a solution that will be the 'end-all,' and that God's ability to craft perfect solutions never ends 'at-all. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

I have a lot of game apps I need to delete. — Gia Coppola

I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is. — James Stephens

I almost always use first person voice in my novels. It has its limitations, but it gives a sense of immediacy that's hard to create with an anonymous, all-seeing narrator. — Laurie Graham

Each of them had been looking for a way out of their own black midnights, and each of them still had a long way to go until they found some kind of dawn. — Ari Berk

Note to businesspersons and salespersons: "Be professional" does not mean "be a robot." Just be friendly and act like a real person. Cool? — Richie Norton

If we speak poorly about that which we do well ... people will assume we perform poorly! — Dale Carnegie

That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game. — Alan Parry

ROMEO
There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,
Doing more murders in this loathsome world,
Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.
I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none.
Farewell: buy food, and get thyself in flesh.
Come, cordial and not poison, go with me
To Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee. — William Shakespeare

I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing. — Wanda Sykes

I lost everything. When I was 28 years old, I lost my home, my job, my partner. I had many people die in my life. I felt like a total victim. — Isha Judd

Pop art: only possible in an affluent society, where one can be free to enjoy ironic consumption. — Susan Sontag

It [death] chokes you, gags you, but you have to pretend that you're doing just fine, not trembling with this fear because the end is close. — Ellen Hopkins