Herbellum Quotes & Sayings

Have you ever been in a temple and seen men kneeling silently, reverently, their souls raised to the greatest height they can reach? To the height where they know they are clean, and clear, and perfect? When their spirit is the end and the reason of all things? Then have you wondered why that has to exist only in a temple? Why men can't carry it also into their lives? Why, if they can know the height, they can still want to live less than the highest? That's what we want to live, you and I. — Ayn Rand

Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success. — Dolly Parton

To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies. — Richard King

The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country. — Abdallah II Of Jordan

When I'm not working in a professional capacity, I'm writing, and when I'm at home, it's a way of having contact with people or communicating. — Jessie Cave

As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their own ... There was no sense of a self owning them. — Tara Brach

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities. — Desmond Tutu

You take the opportunities given to you. If we always waited for perfection, we'd miss out on so much. Don't you think? — Sarah Monzon

I'm not really getting too involved. My position is, Here's the record. I'm at your disposal. — Jules Shear

I think abortion is murder. — Victoria Jackson

Beautiful gay men are God's gift to women. They're like a consolation prize for ... well, for everything else about being a woman. — Meg Howrey

I'm a little bit sillier than past Cinderellas ... at least, I am so far. But it's only the second day into rehearsal! — Keke Palmer

The sooner we associate long hours and multitasking with incompetence and carelessness the better. The next time you hear boasts of executives pulling an all-nighter or holding conference calls in their cars, be sure to offer your condolences; it's grim being stuck in sweatshops run by managers too ignorant to understand productivity and risk. Working people like this is as smart as running your factory without maintenance. In manufacturing and engineering businesses, everyone learns that the top priority is asset integrity: protecting the machinery on which the business depends. In knowledge-based economies, that machinery is the mind. — Margaret Heffernan