Concitoyens Quotes & Sayings

Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives. — Diane Ackerman

I try to stay in gratitude as much as I can. You know, we all get to the point where we're frazzled, or tired, or frustrated, or whatever it is, but I try to take those moments and realize that I do have so much to be grateful for, and allow it to send me back to those feelings of gratitude and just live in gratitude as much as I can. — Joan Osborne

He continued with a laugh, "And for highly motivated people, there are few more frustrating situations than realizing that the goals you've set will require a shift in the basic laws of time and space. — Eric C. Sinoway

I sing in key, thank you very much. — Burton Cummings

High tax rates are followed by attempts of ingenious men to beat them as surely as surely as snow is followed by little boys on sleds. — Arthur Melvin Okun

A movie's very different from the book, and it's different from the script, and it's usually one person's vision. — Casey Affleck

And you may not be able to see this yet, but perhaps there will come a time - it could be years from now - when you'll need to get on your horse and ride into battle and you're going to hesitate. You're going to falter. To heal the wound your father made, you're going to have to get on that horse and ride into battle like a warrior. — Cheryl Strayed

...my wants are few, and at any rate I had peace and quietness and wasn't always being asked to come along and do something. And I've got such an active mind - always occupied, I assure you! — Kenneth Grahame

There was a law in Connecticut - I believe it is still formally unrepealed - making it illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday. — Bertrand Russell

Optimism wasn't always a shield against the worst of it, and acceptance wasn't always enough. — Nora Roberts

Sometimes, I see and hear stories, especially those that involve children, and I wonder if this is hell and we are trying to get into heaven. — Raheem Devaughn

Though you may feel that no one understand the depth of your despair, our savior, Jesus Christ, understands. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

He couldn't keep his eyes off her face, wished she'd take off those damned sunglasses so he could see the eyes he'd known so well. — Ken Grimwood