Emic Quotes & Sayings

If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence. — John Bartholomew Gough

Good. He smiled. The truth is supposed to hurt! — R.A. Mathis

All I do is play football, eat, sleep, play with my kids, play football. — Timothy F. Cahill

O, sorrow! Why dost borrow Heart's lightness from the merriment of May? — John Keats

You have to be intentional about receiving the Father's love. Seek God. Be passionate about it. No two people have the same experience of the Father's love, because every child of God is unique. — James Goll

No, what I am doing is kind by telling people who are useless 'Do something that you're good at'. — Simon Cowell

The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious. — Gautama Buddha

We have been told over and over that "you can't change human nature", but the study of emic realities shows quite the contrary, that almost anything can become "human nature" if society defines it as such. — Robert Anton Wilson

The Orkney imagination is haunted by time. — George MacKay

My heart is filled with overflowing gratitude. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To seek proof is to admit doubt, and to obtain proof is to render faith superfluous. — A.W. Tozer

My deepest apologies to all of our friends, fans and people who have worked on and supported us being a part of this festival, we are sorry for these awful circumstances and you can be certain this will not defeat us. — Blake Judd