Caballos Cuarto Quotes & Sayings

For "as great a blessing as government is," the Rev. Peter Whitney explained, "like other blessings, it may become a scourge, a curse, and severe punishment to a people." What made it so, what turned power into a malignent force, was not its own nature so much as the nature of man - his susceptibility to corruption and his lust for self-aggrandizement. — Bernard Bailyn

Happy Families. What's that all about, eh? A bloody busted flush is what it is. You surround yourself with other people so the night doesn't seem quite so dark. Shout down the sound of the wind with arguments about whose turn it is to wash the dishes. Best not to kid yourself. Best not to give any hostages to fortune. You're on your own in the end. Always. Where else would you want to be? — Mike Carey

Those who are truly enlightened, those whose souls are illuminated by love, have been able to overcome all of the inhibitions and preconceptions of their era. They have been able to sing, to laugh, and to pray out loud; they have danced and shared what Saint Paul called 'the madness of saintliness'. They have been joyful - because those who love conquer the world and have no fear of loss. True love is an act of total surrender. — Paulo Coelho

And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up. — Meg Ryan

I am not trying to influence anyone into black magic. That is the very last thing I'd want to do. — J.K. Rowling

Intuition makes much of it; I mean by this the faculty of seeing a connection between things that in appearance are completely different; it does not fail to lead us astray quite often. — Andre Weil

Relatively speaking, the mind controls the body but who or what controls the mind? — Christopher Dines

No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence. — S. Truett Cathy

I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair. — Beatrice Lillie

In California gold was what God was in the rest of the country: everything, everywhere. — Claire Vaye Watkins

People perceive the divine according to their own biases. That doesn't make the experience any less real. — James Rozoff

But nothing in here can hurt you unless I make it," said Holden gently, "so it's really me you're afraid of, right? — Maculategiraffe