Funky Monks Quotes & Sayings

A philosopher being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered, Opportunity! — Thomas Moore

Words are a form of personal expression. They differentiate us as well as fingerprints do. They reflect what kind of person we are ... — Charles A. Didier

While the feds ... leave Social Security off their books, the government's obligation to make benefit payments to current and near-term Social Security recipients is certainly no less real than its obligation to pay interest on its Treasury bonds. — Laurence Kotlikoff

The point here is what makes human beings different from other creatures is our ability to use language. We can use words to express ourselves in very eloquent and complex ways. We grow up telling and listening to stories. That's what turns us into the people we are. — Flemming Rose

The act of creation fascinates me. You can only sit with blank page and wait. You cannot press a button, cannot program it. — Joan Rivers

In order for us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves. It's not necessary that the lies be particularly believable, but merely that they be erected as barriers to truth. These barriers to truth are necessary because without them many deplorable acts would become impossibilities. Truth must at all costs be avoided. — Derrick Jensen

In some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me. — Tracee Ellis Ross

Where there is a lack of rest, there is an abundance of stress. — Lysa TerKeurst

Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up, and new verses were born at the hazard of chance or inspiration, one word leading to another and each finding, in its turn, its rhythm and its place. No one was very sure any longer where the song began, or if it had an ending. It rolled out over its own length, like the movement of a serpent. It was as long as a life. — Ousmane Sembene

Francis shows himself as a witness more than a teacher. He is teaching because he is a witness, and being a witness, he reveals himself. — Pope Francis

What it's like being the balloon, when someone lets go of the string. Kennedy — Jodi Picoult

Pheromones must be working overtime. What was — E.L. James

When Eudaemonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets. — Plutarch