Cantournet Quotes & Sayings

My God, you big dark handsome brute! I ought to throw a Buick at you. — Raymond Chandler

If you've never been rocked back by the presence of purpose this poem is too soon for you. Return to your mediocrity, plug it into an amplifier and rethink yourself. — Buddy Wakefield

Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill. — Ovid

The relinquishing of the lesser is the gaining of the greater. Give up all and you gain all. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The buyer is entitled to a bargain. The seller is entitled to a profit. So there is a fine margin in between where the price is right. I have found this to be true to this day whether dealing in paper hats, winter underwear or hotels. — Conrad Hilton

We can take our parenting fears to Christ. In fact, if we don't, we'll take our fears out on our kids. Fear turns some parents into paranoid prison guards who monitor every minute, check the background of every friend. They stifle growth and communicate distrust. A family with no breathing room suffocates a child. On the other hand, fear can also create permissive parents. For fear that their child will feel too confined or fenced in, they lower all boundaries. High on hugs and low on discipline. They don't realize that appropriate discipline is an expression of love. Permissive parents. Paranoid parents. How can we avoid the extremes? We pray. — Max Lucado

Learn poetry by heart. If you know a poem by heart, no one can take it away from you, and you can take advantage of it anytime. — Raymond Aubrac

The people I write are real to me, and basically, they tell me about their environments on a need-to-know basis. — Ann Aguirre

Peak-to-peek, conquering one peak and then peeking over the top to find another one to climb. — Les Brown

I'm not in the business of reading tea leaves. I don't have a crystal ball. — Christine Lagarde