Gryket Quotes & Sayings

Under the rules of colonialism, everything goes to and comes from the mother country. In 1870, the colony of Turks and Caicos was asked to send a crest to England so that a flag for the colony could be designed. A Turks and Caicos designer drew a crest that included Salt Cay saltworks with salt rakers in the foreground and piles of salt. Back in England, it was the era of Arctic exploration, and, not knowing where the Turks and Caicos was, the English designer assumed the little white domes were igloos. And so he drew doors on each one. And this scene of salt piles with doors remained the official crest of the colony for almost 100 years, until replaced in 1968 by a crest featuring a flamingo. — Mark Kurlansky

I want to hit the ball and I want to get at-bats. The results really dont matter to me. — Torii Hunter

In order to be as free as I possibly can, in my own imagination, I can't take positions that are closed. Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it, to open doors, sometimes, not even closing the book
leaving the endings open for reinterpretation, revisitation, a little ambiguity. — Toni Morrison

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new. — Rabindranath Tagore

What's one more crazy thing in the midst of all this weirdness? — Simon R. Green

Maybe life is measured by the first time you question your place in the world and by the final answer you come up with. — Chris Dietzel

A man has no right to occupy another man's time unnecessarily — John D. Rockefeller

Elizabeth, just like our queen. I'm Gabriel Storm. — Magda Alexander

It was hard to say if the statement was some sort of suicidal ideation, but one could hope. — Paul Beatty

Lila McCormick - you're partnered with Rico Vega."
Lila groaned, "No," while Rico pumped his fist twice to his heart and then raised a finger to the sky. " Gracias a dios. — Katie McGarry

I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead. — Libba Bray

For every moment the sea is peace and relief, there is another when it shivers and stirs to become chaos. It's just as ready to claim as it is to offer. — Tim Winton

More and more students are playing it safe and not taking any risks. You might not succeed, but that's just part of the game. — Walter Munk

Our decision every day must be to live a righteous life - not in our own strength, but by the enablement of the Holy Spirit in us. We must acknowledge that we depend on God and choose to live our life for Him. Even though we are a new creation, we still must decide to live like we are. — Stormie O'martian