Clanging Gong Quotes & Sayings

Once the call of God comes to you, start going and never stop. — Oswald Chambers

What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar. — Dave Mustaine

Seeing his grief over Eamon makes mine pathetic. No one will feel the loss of his brother more than him. Not his parents, not his brother's friends. Not me. Me being here will probably just make things worse, not better. Or maybe that's my arrogance in thinking I might still have the same kind of effect on him that he has on me. — Jolene Perry

Thought you wouldn't open a book before coming, eh, Potter?" Harry — J.K. Rowling

Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by the dozen may arrive and be glad-handed for a time, but they are unwise if they choose to live there because the town is, perhaps even creditably, committed to recognising only professional success, and nothing else, to be of lasting value. The burdensome obligation imposed on all its inhabitants is therefore to present themselves as successes, because otherwise they forfeit their right to respect in that environment ... There is no place in that town for the "interesting failure" or for anyone who is not determined on a life that will be shaped in a upward-heading curve. — Julian Fellowes

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. — Anonymous

For my grief's so great
That no supporter but the huge firm earth
Can hold it up: here I and sorrows sit;
Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.
(Constance, from King John, Act III, scene 1) — William Shakespeare

And once he said do not forget
the north wind brings
light from the house of Aries
to the apple trees — W.G. Sebald

A new truth; that a woman can be just as cruel and dehumanized as a man, and that all safety is an illusion. — Morrissey

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. — Anonymous

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. — Voltaire

A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by. — Christopher Morley

I guess you just have to trust your kids, trust that their innate interest in life will win out in the end, don't you think? — George Saunders

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angles, but am note nice, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but am not nice, I am nothing. If I give all I posses to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but am not nice, I gain nothing. — Ben Carson

I'm disciplined. And I'm persevering. And I don't give up very easily ... and I'm reliable. — Madonna Ciccone

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you. — Megan Whalen Turner

So, the next time you're out working on your game and they pass you the rock, don't just take it to the hole. Take it to the next level. Don't just bend rims. Bend expectations. Let them see you and feel you and by the very virtue of your love, the truth in your game, they will hear you. Let your game speak. — Michael Jordan

What am I supposed to say to an atheist when he sneezes, ah, when you die nothing happens. — Dane Cook