Charles Staley Quotes & Sayings

Twice a week we attended a political 'seminar', where we were continually told that we were doing our sacred duty to help make the border totally secure. — Svetlana Alexievich

We need a new name since Nate is more in the fold. Are we back to the foursome fearsome? — Tijan

To become completely aware is the journey of enlightenment. There is pain in it and suffering. But you already have those things so it doesn't really matter. — Frederick Lenz

Ricardo Semler wrote a most interesting book about an including business culture (1995). He describes a Brazilian company that manufactured customized pumps. — Charles J. Pellerin

Knowing what you have makes all the difference. — Emily P. Freeman

The past few months have been the most serene of his adult life. The megalopolis in his mind has quieted to a country road. He does his work, he eats his bread, and he sleeps with the knowledge that today hasn't added to the sum of human misery. For now at least it's peace of a kind he hadn't imagined himself worthy of receiving. — Anthony Marra

The women who file for bankruptcy played by all the rules, but they are still in economic freefall. — Elizabeth Warren

It's not so much my own death that is intolerable, it's the death of those around me. Because I love them. And part of me dies with them. Therefore all love, if you like, is a form of suicide. — S.K. Tremayne

We humans have many vestigial features proving that we evolved. The most famous is the appendix. — Jerry A. Coyne

Jonas, stop doing that!"
"What? Helping you?" He picked up the knife she'd dropped and handed it to her.
"No, popping out of thin air."
Jonas smiled at her then. A huge grin, and shook his head. Then gave one quick nod, turned and was gone. — Jen Meyers

Relationships are like muscle tissue. The more they're engaged, the stronger they become. The ability to build relationships and flex that emotional connection muscle is what makes social so valuable. — Ted Rubin

How would you like it if I said to you, 'It kills me to say this, but you're actually a tiny bit beautiful?" he had asked, pissed off.
She hadn't said anything then, which was rare for her.
"Would you have been lying?" She said after a long silence.
"Lying about what?"
More quiet.
"About me being a tiny bit beautiful."
"Shit, yeah."
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But later that night, he had sent her a message on MSN.
Of course I was lying. The "tiny" bit part, anyway. — Melina Marchetta

Our only hope rests on the off-chance that God does exist. — Alice Thomas Ellis