Franchini Granite Quotes & Sayings

One of the most powerful practices you can use to calm your mind is deep breathing. — Sal Marotta

I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd. — Michael Phelps

Where and when have riots and anarchy been provoked by wise measures? If the government had acted wisely, and if their measures had met the needs of the poor peasants, would there have been unrest among the peasant masses? — Vladimir Lenin

To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites. — John Mayall

If you weren't getting pretty close to crazy right now, would you be talking to yourself right now? — Jim Butcher

As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion was Beirut, where he went to nursery school. His family left there in the midsixties and moved to the Congo. After that, it was Ethiopia, and then Somalia, all fine places in his opinion.
'Let's save Africa and the Middle East for when I decide to quit living,' I said. — David Sedaris

You can't force people to see truth. Arguing with them will only draw their attention away from it. — John Braun Jr.

I have on my office wall a wise and useful reminder by Anne Morrow Lindbergh concerning one of the realities of life. She wrote, "My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds." That's good counsel for us all, not as an excuse to forgo duty, but as a sage point about pace and the need for quality in relationships. — Neal A. Maxwell

In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing. — Edith Schaeffer