Family In Persepolis Quotes & Sayings

But it is relevant. Because is and was is the difference between time standing still, and time moving forward. — Jay McLean

Fifty?" Harry gasped.
"Fifty points each," said Professor McGonagall, breathing heavily.
"Professor - please - "
"You can't - "
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do, Potter. I've never been more ashamed of Gryffindor students. — J.K. Rowling

I was raised very, very strictly with Christian Science. I didn't have a shot or an aspirin or anything until I was 13 years old. We had to go to church, do testimonies every Wednesday night. I think all religion is based on what happens after this life. You live a certain way so that when you die, things can be good. But why can't things be good now? Why can't you understand that you're in heaven now? That's how I live. I believe in God. I think that God is everywhere. Every morning I look outside, and I say, "Hi, God." Because I think that the trees are God. I think that our whole experience is God. — Ellen DeGeneres

To know and not to act is not to know. — Wang Yangming

As an artist, you have to do what you feel passionate about. It has to be something you can connect with. — Stephanie Sigman

Left to Tell reminds us that we are all sons and daughters of God; that with faith, miracles will always appear; and that forgiveness is the key to freedom. A must-read for all of us in these troubled times. — Colette Baron Reid

The word beauty is unavoidable ... it accounts for my decision to photograph ... There appeared a quality, beauty seemed the only appropriate word for it, in certain photographs, and I am compelled to live with the vocabulary of this new sight ... through over many years [I] still find it embarrassing to use the word beauty, I fear I will be attacked for it, but I still believe in it. — Robert Adams

The thing I like the most about Sachin is his intensity. After being in the game for so long, he still has the same desire to do well for India in any international match. I tell you what, this man is a legend. — Sourav Ganguly

Of course the fall semester didn't start for another eight weeks or so. There was always a chance we were both being overly optimistic in thinking I'd be alive when it rolled around. — Jenna Black

It was unrealistic to expect to be constantly in the happiest place. In real life, you're lucky just to be always somewhere nearby. — Sarah Dessen

If He prayed who was without sin, how much more it becometh a sinner to pray! — Cyprian

I do not pray ... I do not expect God to single me out and grant me advantages over my fellow men ... Prayer seems to me a cry of weakness, and an attempt to avoid, by trickery, the rules of the game as laid down. I do not choose to admit weakness. I accept the challenge of responsibility. — Zora Neale Hurston

If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient. — Greg Ginn

If you want to realize the truth, don't be for or against. The struggle between good and evil is the primal disease of the mind. — Sengcan

The real motivation of the campaign to criminalize abortion is to establish the principles that women's bodies belong to the state and that women bear the responsibility for sex. — Marilyn French