Carandang Ombudsman Quotes & Sayings

Time the healer (Time the killer) flies faster here in Rome than anywhere else in the world, I believe ... here in Rome there are or seem to be strange differences in the value of things. For instance, the pound weight, instead of being sixteen ounces, is only twelve; the foot measure, instead of being twelve inches, is only nine; and I think, in some way, this must apply to time as well, so that the hour, instead of being sixty minutes long, is only forty-five! — Charlotte Saunders Cushman

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. — H.P. Lovecraft

There are some writers who sweep us along so strongly in their current of energy--Normal mailer, Tom Wolfe, Toni Morrison, William F. Buckley, Jr., Hunter Thompson, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers--that we assume that when they go to work the words just flow. Nobody thinks of the effort they made every morning to turn on the switch. You also have to turn on the switch. Nobody is going to do it for you. — William Zinsser

There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints. — John Taylor Gatto

Rock 'n' roll doesn't glorify God. You can't drink out of God's cup and the devil's cup at the same time. I was one of the pioneers of that music, one of the builders. I know what the blocks are made of because I built them. — Little Richard

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has. — Chris LeDoux

One of the problems with fame ... is they try to pigeonhole you ... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life. — Charles A. Reich

In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples. — Kofi Annan