Finglas Library Quotes & Sayings

The first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.- — Brennan Manning

The idea of love as a mysterious, undiscovered world has come to have no place in our innermost imagination. — John Cassavetes

The cat crossed the street daintily, pointing his feet like a ballet dancer, lifting them high as if his feet were too good for the pavement. — Vera Caspary

Regardless of what the object of design is, humans need design. For anything humans use in their day to day life, they need design and it is a clear and concrete proof of the fundamental human right to live. — Kenji Ekuan

I don't just want to go out there and do my job - I want to excel at it. I hold myself to a high standard. I expect to make plays that alter the game, and if I don't, I hold myself accountable. — Clay Matthews III

It was the King Color, of which all the lesser colors are merely partial and wishy-washy reflections. It was octarine, the color of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination, because wherever it appeared it was a sign that mere matter was a servant of the powers of the magical mind. It was enchantment itself. — Terry Pratchett

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard. — Meghan Daum

Call wasn't sure what it meant that he'd gone full Evil Overlord on Jasper but still couldn't manage to impress him. — Holly Black

I stare up at whiteness. When I was young, I thought that was what heaven would be like, all white light and nothing else. Now I know that can't be true, because white light is menacing. — Veronica Roth

During the 1960s, and again in the 1970s, growth in manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom was the lowest of all the seven major industrial countries in the world. During the 1980s, our annual rate of growth of output per head in manufacturing has been the highest of all the seven major industrial countries. — Nigel Lawson

Man is but lost in wishes,
Of wealth, fame and riches,
This airy castle he stitches,
With logic that are his ditches. — Munindra Misra

Vanity and narcissism - the compulsive need to be admired and praised - undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather than one's own. — Rollo May

The #1 business opportunity for those who want to create new wealth is educating consumers about products and services that will improve their lives. — Paul Zane Pilzer

Doesn't the world inside a black and white photograph seem more real? It's because the real world is losing its color — Tablo