Gtigeorgetown Quotes & Sayings

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. — Washington Irving

She was nervous about the future; it made her indelicate. She was one of the most unimportantly wicked women of her time
because she could not let her time alone, and yet could never be a part of it. She wanted to be the reason for everything and so was the cause of nothing. She had the fluency of tongue and action meted out by divine providence to those who cannot think for themselves. She was the master of the over-sweet phrase, the over-tight embrace. — Djuna Barnes

I just wish," he said, not looking at her but at the floor, "that I could say the right thing, do the right thing, to make this easier for you. Whatever you want from me, I want to do it. I want to be there for you in whatever the right way is for you, Clary. — Cassandra Clare

But I lie. I embellish. My words are not deep enough. They disguise, they conceal. I will not rest until I have told of my descent into a sensuality which was as dark, as magnificent, as wild, as my moments of mystic creation have been dazzling, ecstatic, exalted. — Anais Nin

Refusal to stand up for what you believe in weakens individual morality and ethics as well as those of the culture. — Bell Hooks

Typically creative people are usually not clock-slaves or list-makers, so the idea of enforcing goals and deadlines can be somewhat daunting. — Kristin Armstrong

A theory of personal resurrection or reincarnation of the individual is untenable when we but pause to consider the magnitude of the idea. On the contrary, I must believe that rather than the survival of all, we must look for survival only in the spirit of the good we have done in passing through.
Once obsolete, an automobile is thrown to the scrap heap. Once here and gone, the human life has likewise served its purpose. If it has been a good life, it has been sufficient. There is no need for another. — Luther Burbank

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. Greed and envy have their roots in selfishness. — Billy Graham

I've always felt we weren't physical enough on the back line. Now there's a no - parking sign in front of our net. — Dean Lombardi

Don't worry about the money. Love the process. — Joan Rivers

Parents can offer their help by suggesting and locating resources likely to be unfamiliar to children, such as people, books, andmaterials that can be useful. — Dorothy H Cohen

I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds. — Laurie A. Helgoe

My mother and father have brought us up to respect everyone with the same equal love and honor them, and you're supposed to honor your profession. — O'Shea Jackson Jr.

I have not written my memoirs for those young people who can only save themselves from falling by spending their youth in ignorance, but for those whom experience of life has rendered proof against being seduced, whom living in the fire has transformed into salamanders. — Giacomo Casanova

The secret to finding our passion is that we bring passion in everything that we do. — Marie Forleo