Biglang Tumaas Quotes & Sayings

No doubt the detour to deliver Lake had made the sheep late for an appointment. — Jeff VanderMeer

Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself. — George Santayana

If we remember what we have been called to and devote ourselves to praying for what is best, we may care a little less about the opinions of a secular world and devote ourselves more scrupulously to serving the only Master whose opinion matters. — D. A. Carson

Shiva danced the world into existence ... that's a very nice thought. — Michael Tippett

I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: 'Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.' — Jose Rizal

It's because somebody knows something about it that we can't talk about physics. It's the things that nobody knows anything about we can discuss. — Richard P. Feynman

But we can never change enough to impress God. And here's the reason: trying to impress God, others, or ourselves puts us at the center of our change project. It makes change all about my looking good. It is done for my glory. And that's pretty much the definition of sin. Sin is living for my glory instead of God's. — Tim Chester

Optimists see the glass as half full.
Pessimists see the glass as half empty.

Experiential trainers see the whole glass and its context. — Bogdan Vaida

A pathetic shadow, torn between her envy and thrill of being seen with Masomma, sharing in the attention as a weed would, lapping up water meant for the lily upstream. — Khaled Hosseini

I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules. — Vera Wang

You have to live through things. You can't have other people telling you to do that and do this. It's important to live through things. — Amber Le Bon

I'd gone to her directly from Dr. Shaw's office - gone without an appointment to find out if happiness was a football you caught or something more complicated, something you had to invent. — Wally Lamb

Let not your heart be sad, and do not let trouble take possession of you - for you have attained unto that which will be of eternal and everlasting benefit to you throughout eternity! You have understood the Truth of God and have turned unto His Holy Covenant - severing yourself from all save His love. — Violette Nakhjavani

We know how to get all of the energy we need without using dirty or dangerous fuel sources. It is no longer a question of whether we can - but of whether we will — Michael Brune

I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region. — Shimon Peres