Filipinoshortstories Quotes & Sayings

These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians. — George Foreman

Across the years, in spite of everything I knew, my passion endured. Newspapers and magazines paid me to cover fights when I'd have paid my own way. — Pete Hamill

Living right on called for nothing out of the ordinary. We made no changes. We only accepted the changes as they came. — Wendell Berry

When you are in a fix, often the fix is in you. — Ashok Kallarakkal

I was born for Abegnation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met 'her', and ... I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision. — Veronica Roth

We knew that everything was more about how it appeared than how it was. The most important thing, in any circumstance, was to amount to something that really looked like it was something. — Janne Teller

Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind. — Virgil

Most of all we need an education which will create an educated mind. This is a mind not simply a repository of information and skills, but a mind that is a source of creative skepticism, characterized by a willingness to challenge old assumptions and to be challenged, a spaciousness of outlook, and convictions that are deeply held, but which new facts and new experiences can always modify. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Pidgin, pidgin everywhere. A peculiarity of dropping the connective, the article, of translating literally, of using present for past, present for future. We Filipinos did not speak pidgin. Our English was straight from the grammar texts. — Gilda Cordero-Fernando

The religious heart says, "I must do my duty in order to be of value to God." Worship is the opposite of religion. The heart of worship says, "Jesus proved I am of value to God. I serve Him because He is also of value to me. — Zach Neese

I've never seen such a collection of idiots in my whole life.' Doolittle shook his head. 'If you participate in this lunacy, y'all will get yourselves killed. Then don't come crying to me.'
Now that would be a neat trick. — Ilona Andrews

Not every man has shoes, so reduce the number of shoes at your home till every man has at least one! — Mehmet Murat Ildan