Eveny Quotes & Sayings

Evolution can go to hell as far as I am concerned. What a mistake we are. We have mortally wounded this sweet life-supporting planet - the only one in the whole Milky Way - with a century of transportation whoopee. — Kurt Vonnegut

For 40 years we were led to think of the Russians as godless, materialistic and an evil empire. When the Cold War ended, we suddenly discovered that Russia was a poor Third World country. They had not been equipped to take over the world. In fact, they were just trying to improve a miserable standard of oppressive living, and couldn't. They had to spend too much on arms build-up. We didn't win the Cold War; we bankrupted the Russians. In effect, it was a big bank exhausting the reserves of a smaller one. — Norman Mailer

My kids and I love to listen to Bill Cosby. — Melissa Etheridge

It's (Phil Niekro's knuckleball) like watching Mario Andretti park a car. — Ralph Kiner

Even a small match
lit in a place of total
darkness gives off a
blinding light. — Richard Stearns

Daily simple, sincere, and mighty prayers lift our lives to a higher spiritual altitude. In our prayers we praise God, give thanks to Him, confess weaknesses, petition needs, and express deep devotion to our Heavenly Father. As we make this spiritual effort in the name of Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, we are endowed with increased inspiration, revelation, and righteousness, which bring the brightness of heaven into our lives. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The mammoth was basically done in by climate change. The last ones survived on Wrangel Island, north of Chukotka, until 3,700 years ago. According to Eveny mythology, mammoths scooped up dirt with their tusks to form the first dry land. — Alex Shoumatoff

I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do
the actual act of writing
turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward. — Anne Lamott

None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him. — George Herbert

Clearly God does not shield us from circumstances where we are vulnerable to sin. — Erwin W. Lutzer

I'm like a child who belongs to nobody. — Lana Del Rey

Sin is the result of deep and unmet needs. — Spencer W. Kimball

It's ok when people don't like you. Who said pigs have to fly with birds? — Daniel Marques

When it rains, I have good energy; I'm in a good mood. — Kendall Jenner