Grownd Quotes & Sayings

Ladders were not inherently dangerous, he told himself, people climbed them every day, and most of them lived. — Anne Ursu

History has shown that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, in fact, dramatically change the balance of the court in many critical areas, such as abortion, the privacy debate expansion and child pornography. — Sam Brownback

Is a woman bound to wifely obedience, when the result will be to turn her out of the estate of wife? — Hilary Mantel

A trophy's value isn't measured by the worth of its metal but by the amount of work that's required to obtain it — Johannes Schiefer

No daintie flowre or herbe that growes on grownd, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweete, but there it might be fownd To bud out faire, and throwe her sweete smels al arownd. — Edmund Spenser

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. — Tony Robbins

Christ is the only man to overcome the barrier erected by Satan. He dies in order to avoid participating in the system of scapegoats, which is to say the satanic principle. After his resurrection, a bridge that did not exist before is established between God and the world; Christ gets a foothold in the world through his own death, and destroys Satan's ramparts. His death therefore converts satanic disorder into order and opens up a new path on which human beings may now travel. In other words, God resumes his place in the world, not because he has violated the autonomy of man and of Satan, but because Christ has resisted, triumphed over Satan's obstacle. — Rene Girard

I believe writing fiction is the mystical experience that allows me to break free of my human bonds, those so-called chains of thought, and create magic. — Tim Pompey

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. — Dale Carnegie

It puts a ceiling on your progress. You're blocked by your pride. To get good, you have to throw your board around and fall. — Rodney Mullen

The US does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so. — John McCain

We are a breed apart from the rest of humanity, we theatre folk.We are the original displaced personalities, concentrated gatherings of neurotics, egomaniacs, emotional misfits and precocious children. — Herman J. Mankiewicz