Celayas Pearland Quotes & Sayings

Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences ... Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices. — James E. Faust

I'm missing something, aren't I?"
"Brains", he snapped. "And survival instinct. The Hawklord's been waiting for you for three hours."
"Tell him I'm dead. — Michelle Sagara West

Our actions and responsibilities are our own; what later returns to either haunt or applaud us is neither possible to predict nor always completely understandable. — Patricia Highsmith

Patty knew that feeling, a dream hangover, like when she jumped up from a panicky sleep at 2 in the morning and tried to talk herself into thinking the farm was OK, that this year would pick up, and then felt all the sicker when she woke up to the alarm a few hours later, guilty and duped. It was suprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were OK, and know in thirty seconds of daylight that that simply wasn't so.' -Dark Places — Gillian Flynn

I sometimes am challenged to imagine where the timbre of art should be. Should it be about objects that point to this current moment, or how objects are related to ideas of this current moment? — Theaster Gates

My role is not so much to lobby but be a sounding board for people. That's a more effective place for me to be. — Bob Corker

If you listen carefully, you can hear these things. If you look carefully, you'll see what you're after — Haruki Murakami

The purpose of a lecture should not be to impart information. There are books, libraries, nowadays the internet, for that. A lecture should inspire and provoke thought. — Richard Dawkins

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise ... As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness. — Julia Cameron

Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is not a substitute for work: it is the secret spring and indispensable ally of all true work. — George Arthur Buttrick

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial. — Gautama Buddha