Bernadette Quotes & Sayings

She watched his other wife and their two children climb from the limousine & walk into the church. — Bernadette Marie

We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it. — Bernadette Devlin

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted. — Bernadette Peters

-You shouldn't be here, You should be home with Kathy.
-Kathy knows where I am. She's worried about you.I'm going to be here until they kick me out and then i'll be back in the morning. ~Carlos & Maddie — Bernadette Marie

People like you must create. If you don't create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society. — Maria Semple

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all. — Bernadette Devlin

... where mountains are sacred & where risk & death are constant companions- the Himalayas. — Bernadette McDonald

People don't buy what you do; they buy how it makes them feel. — Bernadette Jiwa

The major problem with the notion of transformation is that it forever hangs on to some form of self and never lets it go. It perpetuates the notion that self gets better and better, more and more divine, when in truth, the divine increases in proportion as the self decreases or falls away. The notion of a divinized self only increases or inflates the self; for those who buy into this notion, the journey may well end in total disillusionment. Offhand — Bernadette Roberts

It is far more than the discovery of life without a self. The immediate, inevitable result is an emergence into a new dimension of knowing and being that entails a difficult and prolonged readjustment. the reflexive mechanism of the mind -or whatever it is that allows us to be self-conscious - is cut off or permanently suspended so the mind is ever after held in a fixed now moment out of which it cannot move in its uninterrupted gaze upon the Unknown — Bernadette Roberts

He (Tomaz Humar) doesn't conform to existing standards; he creates them. — Bernadette McDonald

... one of the most decisive factors enduring a borderline situation is the WILL TO SURVIVE.
-Reinhold Messner — Bernadette McDonald

Should an anthropologist or a sociologist be looking for a bizarre society to study, I would suggest he come to Ulster. It is one of Europe's oddest countries. Here, in the middle of the twentieth century, with modern technology transforming everybody's lives, you find a medieval mentality that is being dragged painfully into the eighteenth century by some forward-looking people. — Bernadette Devlin

A failed attempt on a virgin face of an eight thousander gives me much more than the successful ascent of a known route. — Bernadette McDonald

If I want something I get it," she said as she took a grape from her salad and plopped it into her mouth with her fingers.
"You want me?"
"Didn't say I did. But you seem to think that I've come to get you alone in your house. — Bernadette Marie

The truth is that what really moves us is feelings, not facts. — Bernadette Jiwa

We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great. — Bernadette Peters

I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them. I shall do everything for Heaven, my true home. There I shall find my Mother in all the splendor of her glory. I shall delight with her in the joy of Jesus himself in perfect safety. — Bernadette Soubirous

-Why do southern men have bug trucks?
-So we look like gentlemen when we help ladies out of them. — Bernadette Marie

I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he's had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way. — Bernadette Peters

Know what one of the guys at the drive-through Starbucks has on his forearm?" Bernadette said. "A paper clip! It used to be so daring to get a tattoo. And now people are tattooing office supplies on their bodies. — Maria Semple

It Might As Well Be Spring ... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way. — Bernadette Peters

At least this man carried as many secrets with him as she did~Amelia about Sam — Bernadette Marie

-To our new working relationship. May you be able to keep up with my demands...
-And may you not seem too demanding. — Bernadette Marie

What companies and entrepreneurs sometimes forget is that the purpose of innovation is not simply to make new, improved products and services; it is to make things that are meaningful to the people who use them. — Bernadette Jiwa

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find. — Bernadette Peters

The job of every single business on the planet is to do just one thing - to make people happy. When you find ways to do that, you win. — Bernadette Jiwa

Bernadette never went to Mass; she was a fundamentalist Christian. Mother often said she only used religion as a framework for her craziness. She could just as easily have been a Muslim or a Buddhist or a white witch. — Donal Ryan

The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada. — Bernadette Peters

'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' was surprisingly easy and fun to write because I was feeling such strong emotions. — Maria Semple

To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. — Bernadette Devlin

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid. — Bernadette Peters

QUESTIONS FOR YOU What business are you in? Are you selling coffee or lifestyle? Renting rooms online or giving people the opportunity to connect and experience a city in new ways? Or ... ? What do your customers want from you? Would they like a product or support? Gym membership or improved health and wellness? How do your customers want to feel? Connected, informed, reassured, special, excited, happy, fulfilled, and on and on. Have you asked — Bernadette Jiwa

Without death, life would have no boundaries and our days would not be so precious. My mother was a firm believer in the common sense of nature. — Bernadette Pajer

Both 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' and my first novel, 'This One is Mine,' are pretty complex on a story level, and fun reads as a result. — Maria Semple

In some ways, all our experiences of God are beyond belief, because all conceptual beliefs pale when compared to the experiential reality. — Bernadette Roberts

O Jesus and Mary, let my entire consolation in this world be to love you and to suffer for sinners. — Bernadette Soubirous

The part that hurt the most was that no matter how upset he was, he still loved her and he wanted that feeling to go away. — Bernadette Marie

I meant it when I said I loved you"
"And I meant it in return. — Bernadette Marie

It is said that a man is rejuvenated every seven years- that all his cells are replaced. I wonder, does that also apply to his spirit?
- Reinhold Messner — Bernadette McDonald

The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on. — Bernadette Peters

But coming home that day, walking downhill with a panorama of valley and hills before me, I turned my gaze inward, and what I saw, stopped me in my tracks. Instead of the usual unlocalized centre of myself, there was nothing there, it was empty, and at the moment of seeing this there was a flood of quiet joy and I knew, finally I knew what was missing-it was my "self". — Bernadette Roberts

It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience. — Bernadette Peters

[Y]ou've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. — Bernadette Jiwa

There's something magical about the experience of taking a blank sheet of paper and being able to make it take flight with just a few careful, strategic folds. The art of paper plane making has been used for generations, not just to prototype big ideas and lofty innovations - without the humble paper plane, there might have been no Wright brothers' first flight - but also to teach children about engineering, physics, possibility and small miracles. With one or two simple folds, a child learns that her actions can affect her results and that the way she builds something matters. — Bernadette Jiwa

The faith is not the problem, Bernadette. The problem is the faithful. — Robert Ferrigno

When I grew up in the '60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era. — Bernadette Peters

Since the moment of self-consciousness comes to a permanent end - and a new journey begins- is such a decisive stroke or milestone in the contemplative life, I can only speculate why so little has been said of this breakthrough; in fact , I may never get over the silence on the part of writers who say nothing about this second movement. — Bernadette Roberts

With fiction, it could be about anything. It just has to be good writing, like Maria Semple's "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," which I read recently. I want to forget I have a book in my hand. — Cheryl Strayed

The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great mistake. My purpose here is to affirm that the unitive state is a hidden path in itself, a movement in its own right that ultimately leads to no-self (no true-self and no-union). In short, the unitive state is the hidden path to no-self. — Bernadette Roberts

I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it. — Bernadette Peters

It is so good, so sweet and above all, so beneficial to suffer. — Bernadette Soubirous

The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love. Then the soul appreciates these words, 'Come all you who are sick, I will restore your health.' — Bernadette Soubirous

In Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness. — Bernadette Devlin

Free love is too expensive. — Bernadette Devlin

To be forgiven is not enough; we must put an end to the very need to be forgiven. — Bernadette Roberts

From loss breeds new life — Bernadette Marie

-I love you.
-You love me because I've made you feel safe?
-No, i'm very certain. I've loved you for a long time. The feeling safe,that's just a bonus. ~John & Arianna — Bernadette Marie

Bernadette,
Are you done? You can't honestly believe any of this nonsense. People like you must create. If you don't create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.
Paul — Maria Semple

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person. — Bernadette Peters

No more mistakes. No more regrets. It was her life now, and she was going to enjoy it. — Bernadette Marie

Do not worry, Kat, love will always find it's way home to the heart. — Bernadette Thompson Martin

Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love. — Bernadette Peters

The american climber Mark Twight, mentor of the Grivel climbing team, commented, "Now every ill-prepared sad sack whose ability falls short of his Himalayan ambitions can get on the radio, call for help, and expect the cavalry to save the day"
- on Tomaz Humar's rescue from Rupal Face of Nanga Parvat. — Bernadette McDonald

I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn't talk about women, and with half their subject matter denied them, it was: horses, silence; horses, silence. — Bernadette Devlin

the living room where Dorothy was seated — Bernadette Marie

When you go the extra mile, people will know, and that knowing changes everything about how they feel about what you do. — Bernadette Jiwa

Difference thinking' is more than the ability to connect the dots, though. It's about seeing the truth, recognising the opportunity in that truth and then acting on it. You need to learn how to see the dots and understand the significance of connecting them before you can begin. — Bernadette Jiwa

I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting. — Bernadette Devlin

The truest communication with God is absolute, total silence; there is not a single word in existence that can convey this communication. — Bernadette Roberts

He always hated when reality made sense and he didn't. — Bernadette Marie

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. — Bernadette Devlin

A point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its first movements, from this center. It can no longer be tested by any force or trial, nor moved by the winds of change, and at this point the self has obviously outworn its function; it is no longer needed or useful, and life can go on without it. — Bernadette Roberts

... I only know that when physical and emotional reserves remain unchallenged, this feeds the spiritual cancer of a life unfulfilled.
-Reinhold Messner — Bernadette McDonald

It is loving the Cross that one finds one heart, for Divine Love cannot live without suffering. — Bernadette Soubirous

Old Spice, the seventy-five-year-old brand of men's grooming products, had begun to lose market share in the body wash category as the market became more and more crowded. Under the direction of the digital agency Wieden+Kennedy, the brand's manufacturer, Procter & Gamble, aimed to change how women (who were buying more than half of the body wash products) felt about their men wearing "lady-scented body wash." The video campaign called "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like," starring Isaiah Mustafa, was launched online in July 2010 during Super Bowl weekend. On the first day, the campaign received almost 6 million views. After the first week, Old Spice had 40 million views. Traffic to their website was up 300% and Facebook fan interaction was up 800%. Within six months, the campaign generated 1.4 billion impressions. — Bernadette Jiwa

When there is no longer a cyclone, there is no longer an eye. So the storms, crises and sufferings of life are a way of finding the eye. — Bernadette Roberts

-I haven't decided if you're the most wonderful man to walk the earth or the craziest.
-A fine line between the two. What I am is crazy about you. And if I have to fire you to love you, I'll do it. But I don't want that. I want us to love each other and to work side by side. I think we make a pretty good team.
-So do I
~Zach & Regan — Bernadette Marie

She didn't want him to be taken from his children - now that she knew he had them — Bernadette Marie

Give them a reason to care, a story they can believe in. — Bernadette Jiwa

-You said something else last night. Something about taking care of the woman you loved.
-I didn't think you were listening
-I heard you. And a woman wouldn't hide anything from the man she loved
~Arianna & John — Bernadette Marie

My Jesus, fill my heart with so much love that one day it will break just to be with you. My Jesus, you know I have placed you as a seal on my heart. Remain there always. — Bernadette Soubirous

I grew up listening to Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, and Angela Lansbury, so I grew up wanting to sound like Patti and Bernadette. What I realized, though, is that I can't sound like that, and what makes their performances magical is their uniqueness. — Susan Egan

When I came back from my first TED, very few people knew what it was. But around the time I was sitting down to write 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' in 2010, TED was exploding. — Maria Semple

Nector [speaking to Bernadette] could have told her, having drunk down the words of Nanapush, that comfort is not security and money in the hand disappears. He could have told her that only the land matters and never to let go of the papers, the titles, the tracks of the words, all those things that his ancestors never understood how the vital relationship to the dirt and grass under their feet. — Louise Erdrich

Once beyond the self, however, holiness is no longer possible, because now, there is nothing left to give and no-one left to do the giving. — Bernadette Roberts

The onset of this second movement is characterized by the falling away of self and coming upon "that" which remains when it is gone. But this going-out is an upheaval, a complete turnabout of such proportions it cannot possibly be missed, under-emphasized, or sufficiently stressed as a major landmark in the contemplative life. — Bernadette Roberts

You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much. — Bernadette Peters

It stayed there because, honey, I've never stopped loving you. In my heart, you are my wife and always will be. ~Carlos & Maddie — Bernadette Marie

I love 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites. — Bernadette Peters

Beachy Head brims with electrical currents flying backwards and forwards, with the force of poems that have been well fought out and felt. I hear the currents of Alice Notley, of Bernadette Mayer, of Eileen Myles, and Sylvia Plath — Dorothea Lasky

Marketing is about becoming part of peoples' stories. — Bernadette Jiwa

Giving a damn is seriously underrated and caring is a competitive advantage. — Bernadette Jiwa

Nobody can tell you what to stand for, or how your values, wants and needs should intersect with those of your customers and then manifest as a business, an idea or an experience. Figuring out the destination is hard - but recognising it is more valuable than knowing exactly how you're going to get there. — Bernadette Jiwa

My hope is in you, Lord. Be my refuge, for You are my strength ... Into Your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, Lord, God of Truth. — Bernadette Soubirous

We really need to care about the people we are designing for, understand what their dreams and desires and priorities are, and then we have to use that understanding as the driving force of the work we put forward, because the second we know what questions ... are important, then all we have to do is answer them. - B — Bernadette Jiwa

I went to New York because you interested me.I was your date because you fascinated me. Now I have the honor of holding you at night, and I'm beside myself.~John & Arianna — Bernadette Marie

Your leaders and staff are the face of your brand. Often they are the front line of your brand story. Their job is to show the world what your business stands for. Their posture, their attitude, and their influence trickle down through the organization and affect it. A good leader maps out the vision for the business. — Bernadette Jiwa

There is no single, correct objective in mountaineering; there are only possibilities. One of them leads beyond the impossible.
- Reinhold Messner — Bernadette McDonald

Bernadette and her enthusiasm were like a hippo and water: get between them and you'll be trampled to death. — Maria Semple