Belvin Maynard Quotes & Sayings

Where I grew up, death is a constant visitor. A virus, bacteria, a parasite; drought and famine; soldiers, and torturers; could bring it to anyone, any time. Death comes riding on raindrops that turned to floods. It catches the imagination of men in positions of authority who order their subordinates to hunt, torture, and kill people they imagine to be enemies. Death lures many others to take their own lives in order to escape a dismal reality. For many women, because of the perception of lost honor, death comes at the hands of a father, brother, or husband. Death comes to young women giving birth to new life, leaving the newborn orphaned in the hands of strangers. For those who live in anarchy and civil war, as in the country of my birth, Somalia, death is everywhere. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I belong nowhere and to no one. — Waris Dirie

Gringe shook his head. He'd found the last ExtraOrdinary Wizard difficult at times, but she was nothing like this one. This one was crazy. What did he think he was doing, taking three kids and two of his daft brothers dressed like wolverines into the Forest at night?...
'Get out of the blasted way, you nurdles! The bloomin' bridge is comin' down! — Angie Sage

All stress comes from resisting what is. — Oprah Winfrey

Writing is alot like religion, you need to have faith. — L.A. Jones

Ancestor. In fact, this clock tells us that all seven billion people alive today can trace their maternal lineage to one woman who lived in Africa 170,000 years ago, dubbed Mitochondrial Eve. — Sam Kean

The thirteenth search engine- and without all the features of a web portal, most people thought that was pointless. — Sam Altman

If you're gonna leave your mark, you can't follow a bunch of sheep, you gotta listen to your heart. — Garth Brooks

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men. — Norman Mailer

Sometimes it is foolish to articulate an ambition too early
exposing it prematurely to the laughter and skepticism of the world can destroy it before it is even properly born. But sometimes the opposite occurs, and the very act of mentioning a thing makes it suddenly seem possible, even plausible. — Robert Harris

I have a song called 'Decisions' that features Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Common. It's about people who have made a decision to really stand by you as friends. — Busta Rhymes

I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything. — David Duchovny

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these. — William Dean Howells