Cotromanes Chicago Quotes & Sayings

But the ship swept on, and the dusk hushed the hum of the day, and the first stars above blinked answers to the early fireflies on the banks as that jungle fell far behind, leaving only its fragrance as a memory that it had been. — H.P. Lovecraft

I'm not just influenced by the '60s - it's who I am. I grew up with Allen Ginsberg and Che Guevara. I flirted with various forms of communism when it was way out of style. It was this really strange and creative time in music and culture, and it was fabulous. — Thom Mayne

I tried to keep my eyes on his face, I really did, but I couldn't resist a peek or two at his body. — S.C. Stephens

I'm not going to run for political office. — Phil Robertson

If you do not influence them, someone else will. If you are not shaping their values, others will do it for you. The issue is not, Will my child be influenced? The issue is, Who will be that influence? Most parents I know prefer to wield the greatest influence in the lives of their children. They wisely want to make the major investment in their children's lives so that the values of their offspring largely reflect their own. That's the most basic rationale for investing — David Jeremiah

Even the best inborn potentialities for achievement do not render unnecessary patient and persistent practice. — Ralph Alfred Habas

I don't know if I can tell you, honey. When you live in New York, you often have the feeling that New York's not the world. I mean this: every time I come home, I feel like I'm coming back to the world, and when I leave Maycomb it's like leaving the world. It's silly. I can't explain it, and what makes it sillier is that I'd go stark raving living in Maycomb. — Harper Lee

Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven. — Benjamin Whichcote

Nature is being kind without knowing it, as nature can be cruel without knowing it. — Sherwin B. Nuland

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle the Word? — Thomas Mann