Blomfield South Quotes & Sayings

It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people. — Gautama Buddha

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. — Lafcadio Hearn

But colonization had a nasty tendency to work its way into the DNA, the beliefs and philosophies and the very ways of life of the people being colonized. — Drew Hayden Taylor

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. — Shawn Johnson

Every good writer has much idiom; it is the life and spirit of language. — Walter Savage Landor

Money should not dictate how I live my life..
I must take charge and become the master of money, so that I decide what I want to do with my time. — Manoj Arora

Oh Google, she thought I was suicidal. — Rae Mariz

The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you — Seneca The Younger

Unpleasant things are like the rain: sometimes they visit us, but there is no point in worrying about them while the sun shines. — Andrus Kivirahk

I was in a beauty contest once. I not only came in last, I was hit in the mouth by Miss Congeniality. — Phyllis Diller

Therefore we pledge to bind
ourselves to one another, to embrace
our lowliest, to keep company with
our loneliest, to educate our illiterate,
to feed our starving, to clothe our
ragged, to do all good things,
knowing that we are more than
keepers of our brothers and sisters.
We are our brothers and sisters — Maya Angelou

We will never get anywhere with our finances till we pass a law saying ... every time we appropriate something, we ... pass another bill ... stating where the money is coming from. — Will Rogers

I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like to be. Or, better, become the people we think we already are. — Alan Alda