Chefelect Quotes & Sayings

When our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer - no matter how eloquent the oration. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not forlong, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own. — Studs Terkel

To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner. — Holly Near

Pain is the fuel that lights the flame of our enlightenment — Eckhart Tolle

A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company. — Terry Brooks

The reign of Mazarin is over, but that of the financiers is begun. They have the money; your majesty will not often see much of it. To live under the paw of these hungry wolves is hard for a man who reckoned upon independence. — Alexandre Dumas

This is the most beautiful night of all, the lightning filled night: day, compared to it, is night. — Andre Breton

In terms of fashion, I think the biggest influence that I had was my father. My pops, he was really into men's fashion and read all of the magazines. — Danny Brown

She fit
against him like a teaspoon inside a tablespoon, curves angling
together in all the right places to lock them into place with a nearly
audible click of perfection — Louisa Edwards

The bluebird is well named, for he wears a coat of the purest, richest, and most gorgeous blue on back, wings, and tail; no North American bird better deserves the name, for no other flashes before our admiring eyes so much brilliant blue. — Arthur Cleveland Bent

We fall. We get back up. We kick. We push. Again and again. Because the joy of success is greater than the depression of failure. — Jay McLean

Participate in your life, don't just bear witness to the rain washing you away. — Thomm Quackenbush

I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum. — Thelonious Monk