Cockeyed Gull Quotes & Sayings

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery. — Seneca The Younger

Your life is a gift and how you respond to it - what you do with it matters. That's where I start. — Rob Bell

Fact was she knew more about them than she knew about herself, having never had the map to discover what she was like.
Could she sing? (Was it nice to hear when she did?) Was she pretty? Was she a good friend? Could she have been a loving mother? A faithful wife? Have I got a sister and does she favor me? If my mother knew me would she like me? (140) — Toni Morrison

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure. — Mark Twain

Dead men have no victory. — Euripides

When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang umumi, kiduo, or lele mama? — Julius Nyerere

Witches release the chapters of the past, which
invites the novels of the future. — Dacha Avelin

Custom adapts itself to expediency. — Tacitus

I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other. — Jane Austen

Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're innocent; flowers, they're innocent. Divert your attention to all these things. — Nirmala Srivastava

I'm so happy when I'm working. — Dakota Johnson

I ASKED no other thing,
No other was denied.
I offered Being for it;
The mighty merchant smiled.
Brazil? He twirled a button,
Without a glance my way:
But, madam, is there nothing else
That we can show to-day? — Emily Dickinson

Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer! — Barbara Johnson

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. — Desi Arnaz