Govesa Quotes & Sayings

Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

I could only relate [to the family] that I, the father of three sons, could hardly imagine what it would be to lose one, far less three of my boys, in such a cruel and senseless manner. — William Walker

When I was married, I wasn't loving myself. Now I'm in love with myself. I will get married again. — Patti LaBelle

Any man can call time out, but no man can say how long the time out will be. — Kurt Vonnegut

Be grateful for life. Show gratitude to others, whether it's verbally or energetically, it has the same effect. — Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos

I offered to pass along information about NEHSA to Heidi so she can let her patients know about it. I don't have any scientific or clinical data to back this up, but I think snow-boarding is the most effective rehabilitative tool I've experienced. It forces me to focus on my abilities and not my disability, to overcome huge obstacles, both physical and psychological, to stay up on that board and get down the mountain in one piece. And each time I get down the mountain in one piece, I gain a real confidence and sense of independence I haven't felt anywhere else since the accident, a sense of true well-being that stays with me well beyond the weekend. And whether snowboarding with NEHSA has a measurable and lasting therapeutic effect for people like me or not, it's a lot more fun than drawing cats and picking red balls up off a tray — Lisa Genova

There are enough fossils showing distinctive features to rule out the possibility these are unusual or aberrant modern humans — Chris Stringer

You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliation, it cuts your wings, it eats into your soul like a cancer. It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent. I pity with all my heart the artist, whether he writes or paints, who is entirely dependent for subsistence upon his art. Philip — W. Somerset Maugham

You think all existence lapses in a quiet flow as that in which your youth has hitherto slid away — Charlotte Bronte

We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be. — John Astin