Happy Birthday Old Person Quotes & Sayings

The mental powers acquire their full robustness when the cheek loses its ruddy hue, and the limbs their elastic step; and pale thought sits on manly brows, and the watchman, as he walks his rounds, sees the student's lamp burning far into the silent night. — Thomas Guthrie

The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs. — A. B. Yehoshua

The English imposed their language on Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and they weren't terribly nice about it. — Howard Tomb

A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future. — Hosea Ballou

If you yearn for holy felicity,
shed your arrogance and Become A Seeker Of Hearts. — Rumi

I don't know anything about Angola, but Angola's in trouble. — Charles Barkley

If something happened to you again?" Lightning shot between the clouds, lighting up the sky in brilliant white. "I would burn this fucking world to the ground and then I would destroy Olympus. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

I want to thank you, first, Person Who Bought This Book. Because of you, I have a job I love. Because of you, the people in my head get to live outside of it. When I meet you, you talk about my characters as if they are old friends (or enemies) we have in common; I cannot explain how miraculous this feels. If you are one of those people who have put my books into the hands of other readers - either professionally as a god-called lunatic who loves books so much you hand-sell them or as a reader who picked one for book club or gave it to your best friend for a birthday - well. This book exists because of you. I hope you are happy about this. I am - happy and grateful and a little bit in love with you. — Joshilyn Jackson

I hate, loathe, and despise Christmas. It's a time when single people have to take cover or get out of town. — Kristin Hunter

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write. — Anne Rice

You're always cursing, you're always praying and you're always making love. It ain't do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do. — Carlos Santana

Positivity can be a negative," I tell her, "if it's used to diminish events that should be cause for concern. Saying 'bad things happen to good people' or "God doesn't give anyone more than they can handle', for instance, isn't necessarily helpful to the person to whom something bad happened
it is much more beneficial to those who wish to be dismissive- who don't really care to think about the why or how or who. And if we cease to see the real human part in events
if instead, we relegate human experiences to some sort of mystical concept like karma, destiny or everything happens for a reason, and consider more realistic views to be negative
then we diminish compassion and empathy, as well as the possibility of positive change. — Jane Devin