Claribel Alegria Quotes & Sayings

They were here all at once, but not together. Survival took self-absorption, and it made them strangers with nothing to do and no way to relate. Emergencies gave you a shape and a plot to take part in, while death was no story at all. It left you nothing. — Ann Brashares

I was brought up by great parents and great grandparents who told me, 'Never, ever think that you're better than anyone else or that what you do is so important that the world won't miss you once you're gone,' and I kind of translate that into the stardom thing. — Yolanda Adams

When I was in middle school, I liked to make cartoons. — Pete Docter

An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing new worlds to conquer, but new worlds to respect. — Mary Catherine Bateson

Ultimately faith is the only key to the universe. The final meaning of human existence, and the answers to the questions on which all our happiness depends cannot be found in any other way. — Thomas Merton

Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe. — Bill Bryson

It's the same with [my wife]
when she goes out, guys are macking on her. I'm not worried with the kind of relationship we've got. Most people, they don't leave room for mistakes in their relationship. — Wyclef Jean

My whole goal is just to keep myself motivated. If I'm motivated, if I'm on fire, it's going to catch with somebody else. — Rick Warren

Few realize how loud their expressions really are. Be kind with what you wordlessly say. — Richelle E. Goodrich

When you've got somebody who's a flaming liberal like Bill Maher calling you out, something's wrong. — Dave Mustaine

Our complexity is much more likely to lead us astray than any simplicity we may follow. — Roger Kimball