Imperishably Quotes & Sayings

It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told. — Homer

Hell or high water, Cupid marches on. In which war, he didn't say. — Matthew Salesses

80 percent of the balls that don't reach the hole, don't go in. — Yogi Berra

Don't run away from your troubles, because they'll sure as hell run faster. — Elizabeth McCracken

Wildflowers need the least attention. — Marty Rubin

When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh. — Amartya Sen

Once again it is demonstrated that people do not love their chains or their jailers,-and that the aspiration for a civilized life - that "universal eligibility to be noble," as Saul Bellow's Augie March so imperishably phrases it - is proper and common to all. — Christopher Hitchens

When we touch the center of sorrow, when we sit with discomfort without trying to fix it, when we stay present to the pain of disapproval or betrayal and let it soften us, these are times that we connect with bohdichitta. — Pema Chodron

The mission proper to the Church is that of proclaiming the Gospel. — Karl Lehmann

I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form. — J.K. Rowling

We are all men, feeble, frail, and apt to faint. — Charles Spurgeon

Positive things happen when you distance yourself from negative people — Boonaa Mohammed

Most people would not attempt to climb Mount Everest on their own. Typically, climbers will look toward Sherpas, who have served as guides for generations in Nepal, high in the Himalayas. They help climbers prepare and show them along the routes that will get them to the top. They are seasoned and know every details of the trails. But your guide is even more essentail if you are to make it back down safely. Coming down the mountain can be the most perilous part. You're tired. Your defenses are down. You may very well fall at the critical moment. You need that guide. As you approach retirement, you are moving to a different phase of life. You are descending the mountain. — Christopher Abts

the canvas is never empty — Gilles Deleuze