Flagstone Stepping Quotes & Sayings

Self-awareness is a trait that not only makes us human but also paradoxically makes us want to be more than merely human. As I said in my BBC Reith Lectures, Science tells us we are merely beasts, but we don't feel like that. We feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, forever craving transcendence — V.S. Ramachandran

If you can't go one way, there's many ways to get where you're going. So you just take a step back and see beyond the wall. — Cyndi Lauper

My curse on plays
That have to be set up in fifty ways,
On the day's war with every knave and dolt,
Theater business, management of men. — William Butler Yeats

Look at how many great actors or entertainers have been lost to the world because they did a performance one night and that was it. With film, you capture that, it's shown all over the world and it's there forever. — Michael Jackson

I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it. — Glenn Beck

I like to delude myself that I'm in the old-Hollywood mode. I just tailor my clothes well and try to keep my skin clear. While it would be great to work out an hour a day, there is something inherently sort of selfish about it. I can't do it. — Tina Fey

Your gift is not a burden," she whispered. "But you must be brave, because it has more power than the sharpest claw ... — Erin Hunter

May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must be a missionary of the Good News in word and in active charity. — Pope Benedict XVI

If I just retweet the nice things, it rings hollow after a while. — Cory Booker

It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds. — Randy Harrison

of a musket ball embedded in his — Diana Gabaldon

There you go. Use your granddaughter to pick up women. That'll get you points in heaven. — Jennifer Rardin

His barely there smile warmed me. "You try really hard to hide behind that Ice Queen disguise, but that's not who I see. I see a girl who had to grow up fast, and a mom who would sacrifice everything for her son. You're beautiful, Taryn, inside and out, and I want to get to know the woman you keep hidden away." He lowered his hand and my body ached at the loss. "If you're willing, I'll walk through the fire with you. — Lisa Kessler