Culliton Inc Quotes & Sayings

my Clodius, how little your countrymen know of the true versatility of a Pericles, of the true witcheries of an Aspasia! — Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue. — Nikki Reed

Good is the enemy of great...
We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools.
We don't have great government, principally because we have good government.
Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so
easy to settle for a good life. The vast majority of companies never become
great, precisely because the vast majority become quite good-and that is
their main problem. — James C. Collins

I think that stupidity is like a wild fire burning through the social fabric of an intrinsically reasonable existence. — Travis Culliton

Love is what happens when we forgive. I forgive Connor Evans. A part of me will always love him, but from this day on I won't hate him. Not for one minute. I forgive him because he gave me Max. — Karen Kingsbury

Nothing in any religious teachings goes beyond Humanism, unless you add the supernatural...Make believe is the only difference between being human and being religious. — Travis Culliton

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time. — Elbert Hubbard

I do not judge the individual based on their belief. If I were to, then I would, undoubtedly, be no better than the (religious) system that I frown upon. — Travis Culliton

...atheism leaves no room for excuses... — Travis Culliton

The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind? Is it the fault of the merciful Father, whose wind of mercy is blowing without ceasing, day and night, whose mercy knows no decay, is it His fault that some of us are happy and some unhappy? We make our own destiny. His sun shines for the weak as well as for the strong. His wind blows for saint and sinner alike. He is the Lord of all, the Father of all, merciful, and impartial. — Swami Vivekananda

If someone takes it upon themself to compliment you, don't explain to them why the compliment is misplaced or undeserving, say "thank you" and smile; that was the purpose. — Travis Culliton

We mustn't imagine that our feeling of being close to God is a true index of the reality. — N. T. Wright

Nobody deserves to go to the World Series more than the Chicago Cubs. But they can't go because that would spoil their custom of never going. It is an irreconcilable paradox. — Bill Bryson

...the act of kindness is an unselfish act, it is medicine for your soul... — Travis Culliton

I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident in the plot took a great deal of staging to tell a little story that was still part of the book. And it had to make sense on its own. — Carl Barks

If I were to give any religious person advice, it would be to not hold their beliefs above others. — Travis Culliton

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was the way your sweet, soft hands wiped away my tears, and the way your body just curved into mine when you let me hold you. It all made me feel, for just an instant, that everything really was going to be all right. No one has ever comforted me like that ... except my mom." What the fuck? Did I just say all that out loud? I shook my head furiously from side to side as the room started spinning me like a Tilt-a-Whirl at the county fair back home.
Abby grabbed my shoulders to steady me. I blinked my eyes trying to focus on her blurry, but beautiful image. "Most of all, it's that I want someone like you to want me - just for me, not for Jake Slater the singer of Runaway Train." I smacked my hand hard against my chest. "For what's really inside me. — Katie Ashley

I can still see the picture that was created in my head as I learned about the eternal struggle between good and evil going on inside of us all that the church man talked about that day. I'm fairly certain that I used to even think that my stomach-aches were caused by the devil getting a pitch fork into my gut. — Travis Culliton

Storytelling is in our DNA. It's what differentiates humans from other species: we don't just communicate information. We tell stories. — Gabriela Pereira

My purpose is to serve a purpose to humanity; therefore I've made it my goal to educate myself to the best of my abilities so that I can convey to my children the importance of knowledge and personal responsibility — Travis Culliton

Meditation is mind's vacation! — Mehmet Murat Ildan