Diurnos Quotes & Sayings

Do I really look like a guy with a plan? — Heath Ledger

Fred, George, Harry, and Ron were the only ones who knew that the angel on top of the tree was actually a garden gnome that had bitten Fred on the ankle as he pulled up carrots for Christmas dinner. Stupefied, painted gold, stuffed into a miniature tutu and with small wings glued to its back, it glowered down at them all, the ugliest angel Harry had ever seen, with a large bald head like a potato and rather hairy feet. — J.K. Rowling

The alchemy of diamonds from the rough
is to mine every moment. — Gina Greenlee

She shook her head. I didn't stand a chance, did I? It's been you the whole time. — Kiera Cass

there are some things better than winning like finishing with pride — Bemy Wells

WEAN YOURSELF
Little by little, wean yourself.
This is the gist of what I have to say.
From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in the blood,
move to an infant drinking milk,
to a child on solid food,
to a searcher after wisdom,
to a hunter of more invisible game.
Think how it is to have a conversation with an embryo.
You might say, "The world outside is vast and intricate.
There are wheatfields and mountain passes,
and orchards in bloom.
At night there are millions of galaxies, and in sunlight
the beauty of friends dancing at a wedding."
You ask the embryo why he, or she, stays cooped up
in the dark with eyes closed.
Listen to the answer.
There is no "other world."
I only know what I've experienced.
You must be hallucinating. — Rumi

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be. — Jean Rostand

In this work, you have to convince everyone all the time, at different levels, to support your dream. I learned you have to be confident in order to do that. — Nicolas Ghesquiere

At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is winning the ballgame. — Paul Pierce

The notion of multiple literacies recognized that there are many ways of being-and of becoming-literate, and that how literacy develops and how it is used depend on the particular social and cultural setting. — Jerome Bruner

Because through the heavy water, I heard the sound of an angel calling my name, calling me to the only heaven I wanted. — Stephenie Meyer

It was now Oliver's staunch belief that ladies - more specifically, Miss Harriet Peabody - had been put on the earth in order to create havoc with his well-organized life. — Jen Turano

I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know? — Mary Chapin Carpenter

In general, opinions contrary to those commonly received can only obtain a hearing by studied moderation of language, and the most cautious avoidance of unnecessary offence, from which they hardly ever deviate even in a slight degree without losing ground: while unmeasured vituperation employed on the side of the prevailing opinion, really does deter people from professing contrary opinions, and from listening to those who profess them. — John Stuart Mill

It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last. — Lady Gregory