Bodlymodern Quotes & Sayings

You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you. — Voltaire

Funny enough, I sit on my porch all day, wave and smile at everyone. Some of them aren't sure, some smiles right back, some come back later and say; "This morning you made my day, had the best day all week, thank you for that!" Smile and wave, that's all it takes — Martin R. Lemieux

Would you kill half the population today in order to save our species from extinction? — Dan Brown

We aren't guaranteed the time we think we
need to mend fences with those we love. — Eileen Wilks

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience".
"What's pessimism?" I said.
"Religion without God. — Jonathan Kellerman

The way, they were — Willa Cather

The child unlucky in his little State,
Some hearth where freedom is excluded,
A hive whose honey is fear and worry,
Feels calmer now and somehow assured of escape — W. H. Auden

I've loved the Internet space in terms of creative content control and ownership, the things I haven't had since I started as a stand-up comedian. — Kevin Pollak

This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to the station in which I am placed. — John Quincy Adams

Every play should be 90 minutes. There would be so many more theatre-goers if plays were shorter. — Eve Myles

I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something. — Zach Galifianakis

You visualize [pitches]. You see it in your head; you think it ... I used to play every pitcher in my mind before I went to the ballpark. I started getting ready for ever game the moment I woke up. — Hank Aaron

The church-growth movement of the 1960s brought many positive insights to the American landscape. However, one negative result is that it focused leaders so intently on their organization and strategies that it blinded them to the importance of place. Further, it created such a common vision of church that leaders actually began to believe that if they organized their churches according to the church-growth metrics, they would thrive no matter where they were located. These ideas eclipsed the theology of place almost altogether. But — Verlon Fosner

Sometimes in life you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in. — Robert Breault

I love cigarettes. Love them. I think the more positive approach you have to smoking, the less harmful it is. — Sienna Miller