Beekley Center Quotes & Sayings

And it was not surprising, perhaps, that he should feel it - this little boy who felt things so deeply; for we all feel that about our friends; we all feel that about those around whom we might put an arm. We all feel that about the darkness into which we go with others and about the very understandable fears that can be so easily dispelled, put to flight, by a simple gesture — Alexander McCall Smith

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits. — Paolo Bacigalupi

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel. — Denzel Washington

The Buddhists succumbed to the Muslims, the British brought in Christianity, and now the Muslims decide one faction of their religion is better than the other. — Jameson Currier

The last two records I liked playing a lot. — Kim Gordon

I feel like I've been watching Irwin Corey forever. I saw him in the 1950s, and I thought he was old then. — Dick Cavett

A very good drink they call Chaube that is almost as black as ink and very good in illness, especially of the stomach. This they drink in the morning early in the open places before everybody, without any fear or regard, out of clay or China cups, as hot as they can, sipping it a little at a time. — Leonhard Rauwolf

Transformation literally means going beyond your form. — Wayne Dyer

Goal-setting and achieving those goals - that's just what I do. — Lisa Leslie

If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money. — Bruno Mars

I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot. — Krist Novoselic

Prussians were singularly well prepared in other areas as well. They invented the "dog tag" in 1870: an oval disc worn by every soldier bearing his name, regiment, and place of residence. — Geoffrey Wawro

The complacency engendered by the tranquil possession of a God-given truth. — Leo Strauss

Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976. — Cathy Guisewite