Cundill Associates Quotes & Sayings

A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this by means of the curves of the winds which as they strike against these projections, being forced to preserve their first impetus bend their straight course towards the sky with divers revolutions, at the beginning of which the birds come to a stop with their wings open, receiving underneath themselves the continual buffetings of the reflex courses of the winds. — Leonardo Da Vinci

What is delayed is not lost ... — Juliette Drouet

When we allow our fears and insecurities to blind us momentarily, we're often tempted to make the gate narrower than God does. — Brian Houston

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed. — Amy Hempel

What is [insert name here]? Does it taste good? — Ken Akamatsu

You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life. — Ray Lewis

You do that, and you'll be wishing for death before her body even hits the ground. The Gatekeeper is coming. Executioner for the Feral Breed, brother to the Beast, and mated to the woman you hold against her will. You've fucked up, friend. — Ellis Leigh

The costumes aren't costumes they're uniforms. Uniforms mean something. At least to me. And while we wear them we represent something bigger. Something that symbolizes. We stand up.

- Captain America — Brian Michael Bendis

Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it's the ability to manipulate concepts. — Leslie Lamport

Life journeys. On the way, you are influenced by others, helped by others, harmed by others. Some things happen because you have earned them. And some things happen because cruelty flickers through the dark currents and rises up without warning; causing harm, causing pain, causing tragedies that can devastate one person or and entire village. — Anne Bishop

History records a great many foolish comments, such as, "it looks perfectly safe," or "Indians? What Indians?" and Dogger added to the list with an old favourite which has caused more encyclopedias and life insurance policies to be sold than you would have thought possible.
"I suppose," he said, "that you'd better come in. — Terry Pratchett

...the years pass and time has weight... — Stephen King

The call of God is a call according to the nature of God; where we go in obedience to that call depends entirely on the providential circumstances which God engineers, and is not of any moment. The danger is to fit the call of God into the idea of our own discernment and say, "God called me there." If we say so and stick to it, then it is good-bye to the development of the life of God in us. — Oswald Chambers