Connie Marble Quotes & Sayings

Literature's father figures can only loom, intimidate, and inspire for so long before they must be slain by their offspring. — Larry McCaffery

While she was becoming, everyone grew up and became. — Zadie Smith

Those of you in the cheaper seats can clap your hands, and those of you in the balcony can just rattle your jewelry. — John Lennon

Maybe learning to be human was about learning to live in pain, not trying to figure out how to live pain-free. (156) — Keith Ablow

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real. — Gianni Versace

Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you. — Calvin Miller

A man may betray Jesus Christ by speaking too many words, and he may betray him through keeping his mouth shut. — Oswald Chambers

I thought that a man can be an enemy of other men, of the moments of other men, but not of a country: not of fireflies, words, gardens, streams of water, sunsets. — Jorge Luis Borges

There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange for a payment of money out of the Federal Treasury. Whenever they find some abuse needs correction in their neighborhood, instead of applying the remedy themselves they seek to have a tribunal sent on from Washington to discharge their duties for them, regardless of the fact that in accepting such supervision they are bartering away their freedom. — Calvin Coolidge

It helps to even look in the mirror - and it sounds so cheesy - but if you just look in the mirror and say, 'You are beautiful,' and 'You are worthy,' those things really help you. — Demi Lovato

My husband is actually the nicest guy in the world. He's my sweetheart and best friend, and one of the things I love best about him is that no matter how terrible I look - and believe me, it can get bad - he makes me feel pretty. — Gena Showalter

What is time for if not to bless? — Ann Voskamp