Governeth Quotes & Sayings

Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there. — Marlene Dietrich

I think sometimes the bits of your life happen in the wrong order, or all at the same time and you waste time feeling angry about it, but that's the way it is, it's real life. You meet the person who you think could make you happy the rest of your life, but at the same time your ex-girlfriend who's told you umpteen times she never wants to see you again tells you you're going to be a dad.'
Elle took up the story.
'And then you move to another country and then the next time you see that person, even though its like no time has passed, you sleep together and then - your mum dies'
She gave a short, sad laugh.
'Yep that's rubbish timing — Harriet Evans

What is the good of believing fervently in God if you wind up hating Him? — Ann-Marie MacDonald

I lived for almost a century in the skin of a man, and I never managed to feel altogether human either. — Jose Eduardo Agualusa

As a kid, I had the worst mile time ever. Our gym teacher made us run the mile a few times a year for something called the Presidential Fitness Test. I'd huff and puff and wonder why the hell President Bush cared how fast I could run laps around the playground. I always came in dead last. — Miranda Kenneally

The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he governeth the good, he conquereth the evil; he is unmov'd in all. Presume not in prosperity, neither despair thou in adversity. — Robert Dodsley

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either. — Mick Jagger

I was 16 years old and wanted to help my mom with the rent. There was a restaurant called China Buffet in Tampa that hung a 'Help Wanted' sign outside, so I went in and ended up hosting every Friday and Sunday for $6 or $7 an hour. — Michelle Phan

I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity. — Vincent Cassel

I've been seeing a lot of theatre in New York, and I am sort of terribly jealous of everyone on stage but also really appreciating it in a way that you can't when you're in the middle of it. — Carrie Coon

Water wrestles great opponents,
but has no hands,
and tramples great rivals,
but has no feet.
It slips through our fingers,
but can swallow entire towns.
Wind also slips through our fingers,
but can swallow entire cities. — Matshona Dhliwayo

There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. They're all different. — Tom Seaver

Can you keep a secret?"
"Me and Tupperware, baby. We seal tight. Ain't nothing going to get out. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

You're too clever to be a soldier." Then she shook her head. "Don't say it. I know. We need our soldiers to be clever. I do know."
"Thank you," he murmured. "You can do all of the conversation. Make it easier for me. — Guy Gavriel Kay