Fireboat Book Quotes & Sayings

We are overhasty to speak as if God did not manifest himself by our silent feeling, and make his love felt through ours. — George Eliot

Growing up in the industry, sometimes you can feel as if you're not having a normal childhood, but I feel like my parents involved me with a lot of people who made things as 'okay' as they possibly could. — Keke Palmer

Tell Penny how groovy it was of her to set up this little get-together, oh, and hey - can I be frank for a minute?" "Of course," said Agents Flatweed and Borderline. Snapping his fingers, Doc sang himself out the door with four bars of "Fly Me to the Moon, — Thomas Pynchon

Matter does not control us; we control matter through our thinking and choosing. We cannot control the events and circumstances of life but we can control our reactions. In fact, we can control our reactions to anything, and in doing so, we change our brains. It's not easy; it is hard work, but it can be done through our thoughts and choices. — Caroline Leaf

Make your own recovery the first priority in your life. ROBIN NORWOOD — Julia Cameron

For my parents it was all about getting a deal, my dad came to America and he heard of this concept of brunch. He didn't quite know what it was. And he thought it was this other meal that existed between breakfast and lunch. He was kind of like - I remember he sort of was like America has so much food that between breakfast and lunch they have to stop and eat again. They have brunch. It was completely legal it was, like, a legal meal that you could have. I mean, clearly it wasn't the only reason he came to America, but I think it certainly sweetened the pot for him. — Aasif Mandvi

The great thing about cake is it doesn't feel like work. You forget about work. Kids, adults, they all get the same look in their eye when they're decorating cakes ... That's the magic right there. — Duff Goldman

My advice after thirty years in the business is sign with an agency of reasonable size. — Dave Morris

We have too many preacherettes preaching too many sermonettes to too many Christianettes smoking cigarettes. — Leonard Ravenhill

Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is. — Dan Millman

In rich and captivating prose, Jessica DuLong kindly invites the rest of us on the journey of her lifetime: from a dot-com job to the fabled waters of the Hudson River, where she became a fireboat engineer. This is an unusual and fascinating book. — Jon Meacham