Candaules Quotes & Sayings

The story of Acts, even after Jesus's ascension, is about what Jesus continued to do and teach. And the way he did it and taught it was - through his followers. — N. T. Wright

Now it happened that this Candaules was in love with his own wife; and not only so, but thought her the fairest woman in the whole world. This fancy had strange consequences. — Herodotus

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it.
Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute. — Maya Angelou

I was interesting in discovering more about [Elizabeth Taylor], and I always tried to focus more on the woman than the legend or the icon and everybody's own individual version of what that is. She was badass! Really strong. And eccentric and fiery and powerful and clear and blunt. Spoke like a sailor. She was extreme, but she had the ability to love again and again and again and still believe in it every time. — Justin Bieber

Firing a manager inspired only the ambitious who wanted to take his or her place. But murder motivated everyone. It belonged in every supervisor's tool kit. — John Jackson Miller

So many words, so little time. — S. Kelley Harrell

ennui - that dreaded mire of the human emotions. — Amor Towles

Seas move away, why not lovers? The harbours of Ephesus, the rivers of Heraclitus disappear and are replaced by estuaries of silt. The wife of Candaules becomes the wife of Gyges. Libraries burn. — Michael Ondaatje

After the second chapter of Days of Obligation, which is about the death of a friend of mine from AIDS, was published in Harper's, I got this rather angry letter from a gay-and-lesbian group that was organizing a protest against the magazine. It was the same old problem: political groups have almost no sense of irony. — Richard Rodriguez

It's easier for a kid to have fun and have an imagination. — Greg Cipes

Be a lifelong student. The more you learn, the more you earn and the more self-confidence you will have. — Brian Tracy

Many men today are running on adrenaline and not anointing. — Larry Stockstill

When Lucas was doing Star Wars, he didn't have a 50 million person Facebook following where he could just sift through feedback to try to get an idea for what he was going to do next. It's a luxury we have today. — Vin Diesel

An infinite
Resignedness
Rains where the white
Mists opalesce
In the moon-shower ... — Paul Verlaine