Expensively Elegant Quotes & Sayings

Well, it often happens that people with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them. — Ruskin Bond

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT PSALM 82 CAN ROCK YOUR BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW. Once I saw what it was actually saying, I was convinced that I needed to look at the Bible through ancient eyes, not my traditions. — Michael S. Heiser

I believe I could have had a career in the music industry without 'X Factor,' but it was an amazing platform that propelled me to where I am now. — Leona Lewis

But of course no one was listening. No one understands us, not ever. — Kim Stanley Robinson

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. — James Russell Lowell

You wouldn't see those sorts of decisions given in village cricket, let alone Test cricket. The England players have my sympathy. — Ian Botham

Energy and imagination are the springboards to wealth creation. — Brian Tracy

Avoiding puddles, stepping over mats of hyacinth leaves that remained in place. Breathing the dank air. — Jhumpa Lahiri

I'll tell you whose view on [Bashar] Assad is the same as mine. It's Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu has said Israel doesn't have a dog in that fight because Assad is a puppet of Iran, a Shia radical Islamic terrorist, but at the same time, Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn't want to see Syria governed by ISIS. — Ted Cruz

Do not envy others. If someone gets a larger piece of cake, be happy for them. They'll get fat and you'll stay thin. — Frederick Lenz

Wherever ... thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there. — Bernard Of Clairvaux

There are some woodland creatures that, no matter how many bread crumbs you leave out for them ... no matter how patiently you wait ... are never going to be yours. They'll never let themselves be tamed. Because they prefer to run wild and free in the forest. — Meg Cabot

Knulp was right in doing what his nature demanded and what few others could do, in speaking to strangers like a child and winning their hearts, in saying pleasant things to ladies of all ages, and making Sundays out of weekdays. — Hermann Hesse