Bunica De Barbu Quotes & Sayings

She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and "jimpson" weeds that constituted the garden. No Tom. So she lifted up her voice at an angle calculated for distance and shouted: — Mark Twain

What desire can be contrary to nature since it was given to man by nature itself? — Michel Foucault

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith? — Caleb Cushing

Through meditation, difficult thoughts and emotions may well rise up. And through practice, you can meet such emotions with kindness, listen to them, explore them and then really let them go. — Gyalwa Dokhampa

When he gets to heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "Just another soldier reporting, Sir. I've served my time in Hell. — Me

All men will die. All men will be called upon to pass through the veil. But only a few, only a few special men, only those who have been worthy to answer a calling from God, are given the honor to die for a cause.
And in this life, in these times, all of us will be called on to make a sacrifice. When, or in what manner that sacrifice may be required, only God knows. All we can do is wait and prepare and pray that when our time comes, we will be ready to complete the task that he gives, so that when it is over, when we have done all we could, we might look to the Lord and say the same words he said : 'I have fought my way through, I have finished the work Thou didst give me to do. — Chris Stewart

In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them. — Nancy Gibbs

We cannot change the cards we are delt, just how we play the hand — Randy Pausch

They get, you know, whatever they want from their earnings, and their earnings go into their own company. — Brian Epstein

Everyone's got a version of the same story, or maybe there's no such thing as the same story; it's a different story every time. — Karen Tei Yamashita

Huck was always willing to take a hand in any enterprise that offered entertainment and required no capital, for he had a troublesome super-abundance of that sort of time which is not money. — Mark Twain

We knew so little about eachother. We lay mostly submerged, like ice floes with our visible social selves projecting only cool and white. Here was a rare sight below the waves, of a man's privacy and turmoil, of his dignity upended by the overpowering necessity of pure fantasy, pure thought, by the irreducible human element - Mind. — Ian McEwan

Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys. — Rick Moranis

The universe is conspiring at this moment to bring you happiness and peace. — Marianne Williamson