Best Destery Quotes & Sayings

You can't give or take ten elephants, boss, said M'Bu firmly. He knew that counting elephants was a precision job. A man might be uncertain about how many wives he had, but never about elephants. Either you had one, or you didn't. — Terry Pratchett

Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love. — Billy Corgan

I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate. — Laura Mvula

The truth is an anti-war statement in itself. — Henry Rollins

Have suggested throughout this book that the New Testament itself answers the first half of each of these prayers in terms, primarily, of a clear list of character traits whose radical novelty is generated from within the life, vision, achievement, death, and resurrection of Jesus himself. These events, taken together, constitute Jesus's followers as the true, image-bearing human beings, the royal priesthood. I have proposed, further, that according to the New Testament the way God the Holy Spirit answers the second half of the prayer is by renewing the individual heart and mind so that we can freely and consciously choose to practice those habits of behavior which, awkward and clumsy at first, will gradually become second nature. — N. T. Wright

Simple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data. — Peter Norvig

I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me. — Anthony Burgess

Rather than becoming obsessed with the evil around you, ask God to give you a fresh perspective to see how He can bring good out of it. Look for the hand of God in your difficult situations. He is willing to use even the most horrible sins and the most foolish choices, as long as we trust Him to do just that. — Phil Waldrep

I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience. — Arne Glimcher

All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal. — Steven Millhauser

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. — Boris Spassky

Inspiration without perspiration leads to frustration and stagnation. — Bill Bright

It is true that Bible prayers in word and print are short, but the praying men of the Bible were with God through many a sweet and holy wrestling hour. They won by few words but long waiting. — Edward McKendree Bounds

The best way to make somebody feel important is to try to assassinate them. — Demetri Martin