Compraine Quotes & Sayings

One may sleep as long as one prefers, but one should know that each hour of excess sleep is an hour lost for learning. — Eraldo Banovac

We are beings only in the extent of Our Life's Illusion. — Sorin Cerin

His characters may be cardboard, but each has a clear, uncomplicated purpose. Every moment of the story contributes to building conflict. — Donald Maass

How someone wants to explain catastrophe isn't important--that's what I know now. When shit happens, it doesn't really matter what asshole is responsible. — Catherine Lacey

The primary purpose of the Legislature in establishing "Arbor Day," was to develop and stimulate in the children of the Commonwealth a love and reverence for Nature as revealed in trees and shrubs and flowers. In the language of the statute, "to encourage the planting, protection and preservation of trees and shrubs" was believed to be the most effectual way in which to lead our children to love Nature and reverence Nature's God, and to see the uses to which these natural objects may be put in making our school grounds more healthful and at-tractive. — Andrew S. Draper

The teacher showed us how to see proportions, relationships, light and shadow, negative space, and space between space - something I never noticed before! In one week, I went from not knowing how to draw to sketching a detailed portrait. It literally changed the way I see things ... — Daniel H. Pink

God wants us to worship Him. He doesn't need us, for He couldn't be a self-sufficient God and need anything or anybody, but He wants us. When Adam sinned it was not He who cried, "God, where art Thou?" It was God who cried, "Adam, where art thou?" — Aiden Wilson Tozer

The water shines only by the sun. And it is you who are my sun. (L'eau ne brille que par le soleil. - Et c'est toi qui es mon soleil.) — Charles De Leusse

I like jazz, but I could never play it. You just sit there with a guitar the size of a Chevy on your chest, wearing a stupid hat, playing the same solo for an hour. — Dave Mustaine

Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives. — Kofi Annan

What do Judy Garland and Lady Gaga have in common? — Elijah

Your brain does not manufacture thoughts. Your thoughts shape neural networks. — Deepak Chopra

We are a stoic, reserved bunch who hide our emotions well - except when reading a terribly sad or poignant story, of course. I have been known to sob aloud at a tragic ending. — Lynn Austin