Cupples Stadium Quotes & Sayings

As a young writer, I was on guard against the Latina in me, the Spanish in me because as far as I could see the models that were presented to me did not include my world. In fact, 'I was told by one teacher in college that one could only write poetry in the language in which one first said Mother. That left me out of American literature, for sure. — Julia Alvarez

Goodness is no part of the definition of the God Hypothesis, merely a desirable add-on. — Richard Dawkins

Everybody has it wrong way round. Parents don't make children
children make parents. They shape our behavior from the first wail. Mold us into what they need. It can be a pretty rough process, too — Lois McMaster Bujold

If you will not kiss me, will you marry me? — Neil Gaiman

There's nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something means you're not living in the moment. Every moment is good for something. — Ricky Williams

Gardens don't grow by themselves; they need to be tended and cultivated and weeded. The same is true of a marriage. — Billy Graham

Step forward, use your voice, get out in the world, and live! — Louise Hay

Your father ... isn't good with emotions." "Yeah. Figured that out a while ago." Like, when I was four and cried because our family cat died and he offered to have it stuffed as a means to make me feel better. It didn't. — Lindy Zart

We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance. — Penelope Lively

I just love life. I love people. I love to write, that's my gift. I love to sing. I have a good attitude. I like to think I shine from the inside. — Dolly Parton

Reading activates and exercises the mind.
Reading forces the mind to discriminate. From the beginning, readers have to recognize letters printed on the page, make them into words, the words into sentences, and the sentences into concepts.
Reading pushes us to use our imagination and makes us more creatively inclined. — Ben Carson

I shall be as secret as the grave. — Miguel De Cervantes