Enlivened Green Quotes & Sayings

By religion I mean perfected manhood,
the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit. — Henry Ward Beecher

Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions. — H. Rap Brown

A good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it almost seem like a live teacher. — Bertrand Russell

I've always been intrigued, for example, by the way that many people use the analogy of a train to describe their companies. Massive and powerful, the train moves inexorably down the track, over mountains and across vast plains, through the densest fog and darkest night. When things go wrong, we talk of getting "derailed" and of experiencing a "train wreck." And I've heard people refer to Pixar's production group as a finely tuned locomotive that they would love the chance to drive. What interests me is the number of people who believe that they have the ability to drive the train and who think that this is the power position - that driving the train is the way to shape their companies' futures. The truth is, it's not. Driving the train doesn't set its course. The real job is laying the track. — Ed Catmull

I thought about the screws and their happiness. Maybe they were glad to be free of the eggbeater, to be independent screws, to luxuriate on white trays. It did feel good to see them happy. — Haruki Murakami

People are paralyzed on a football field. People die. You just never know when it's going to be your last moment. I was the kind of guy who would never talk to my wife on game day. Now I'm the guy who's like, 'I love you.' I want my children to know I love them because I don't know what's going to happen out there. — Troy Polamalu

Becoming a dad means you get transformed from the healthy, vibrant, intelligent, youthful person pictured in your wedding photo into a twitching, bewildered, sleep-deprived, Play-Dough-smeared creature who looks like the guy in the photo on the post office wall, only less chipper. — David Meurer

That was when I lost it. I couldn't take any more. Not with him that close, his deep voice that sweet, his hand on me, his eyes looking into mine like he could see into my soul. — Kristen Ashley

If someone says that I'm the best at anything, I always just agree with them. I'm certainly not gonna argue. — Gilbert Gottfried

So anyway, chica, this David Gandy dude ... is he hot?"
"Oh, so totally and completely hot." I nod enthusiastically.
"Uhum," Jake clears his throat loudly.
"But not as hot as you, baby."
"Damn straight," Jake mutters. — Samantha Towle

Two busts guard the secret door in the Poets Corner - the most famous of the modern mage poets, Carroll and Seuss. — Rainbow Rowell

And I hope each morning you wake like a bird in a nest and fly without a thought. — Bill Callahan