Bijur Quotes & Sayings

This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity. — Martin Luther

Every thing he did was right. Every thing he said was clever. If their evenings at the park included cards, he cheated himself and all the rest of the party to get her a good hand. — Jane Austen

I didn't go and quit anything. I remained who I am, so I don't know if anybody wants to criticize. I'm still me. — Reginald Arvizu

The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute. — Samuel Johnson

The underbelly of the human psyche, what is often referred to as our dark side, is the origin of every act of self-sabotage. Birthed out of shame, fear, and denial, it misdirects our good intentions and drives us to unthinkable acts of self-destruction and not-so-unbelievable acts of self-sabotage. — Debbie Ford

Football's another sport I absolutely despise. Along with baseball. Really, for me, basketball's the only real sport, the only one that matters. — Stephen Graham Jones

For life, it's very, very bad to be sensitive, but for a writer, it's very good. — Karl Ove Knausgard

As we write, so we build: to keep a record of what matters to us. — Alain De Botton

Maybe I could just James Bond my way down the cable if I draped the scarf over it, clinging to the ends as my body careened down it to safety
Careened. What an ugly word that was — Katie MacAlister

I'm awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today's dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food. — Julia Child

But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived? — Markus Zusak

Sam's house is everything I wanted, but didn't know to want ... I want to wrap myself in this house like a blanket. — Erica Lorraine Scheidt

Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows. — Helen Nielsen

No outward thing - nothing, nobody from without - can hurt me inside, psychologically. I recognized that I could only be hurt psychologically by my own wrong actions, which I have control over; by my own wrong reactions (they are tricky, but I have control over them too); or by my own inaction in some situations, like the present world situation, that need action from me. When I recognized all this how free I felt! And I just stopped hurting myself. — Peace Pilgrim