Brykerwood Quotes & Sayings

But no one laughed. No one would. The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. — Cheryl Strayed

Emptying yourself of your best work isn't just about checking off tasks on your to-do list; it's about making steady, critical progress each day on the projects that matter, in all areas of life. — Todd Henry

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on. — Bill Gates

Government - they used to teach it in college. It's actually something you should study and learn and know how to do. The Republicans always run on the idea that government isn't very effective. Well, not the way you do it. But it can be effective. — Bill Maher

To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man. — Brigham Young

the thought process:
"It swayed, minute after minute, hither and thither among the reflections and the weeds, letting the water lift it and sink it, until - you know the little tug - the sudden conglomeration of an idea at the end of one's line: and then the cautious hauling of it in, and the careful laying of it out?" p.5 — Virginia Woolf

The bible says that all people, not just believers, possess part of the image of God; that is why murder and abortion are wrong. — Rick Warren

Every Sunday I nudge Sam in her direction, and he walks to where she is sitting and hugs her. She smells him behind the ears, where he most smells like sweet unwashed new potatoes. This is in fact what I think God may smell like, a young child's slightly dirty neck. — Anne Lamott

Maybe, if we just accepted our deaths, we might finally start to live. — Richard Paul Evans

I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the America people. — John Boehner

Apparently when you only have one day, you can say anything and live to tell. — Gayle Forman