Invercargill New Zealand Quotes & Sayings

When our people were forced out of their homes and made to walk the Trail Where They Cried, the Elders were worried because the mothers couldn't stop crying. Unlike the white man, women are revered by our People and are held as the head of the family. They hold much power within the different clans and are free to choose or reject their mate. The Elders knew there was no hope for the People if the women didn't make it to the new land. They prayed to the Creator, asking Him to give the women strength. The Creator heard, and the next morning when the soldiers made them start walking again, He told the Elders to tell the women to look back down the trail where they'd walked the day before. — C.C. Tillery

Make your choices well, my mom had said. It was what she thought she hadn't done, what she hoped above everything I'd do differently. On the flip side, though, there was Clyde, telling me that there were second chances, even-and especially- when you've given up all hope of them. But maybe, when a life and summer was going so fast, you couldn't wait for fate to punch the time card. You had to do it yourself. — Sarah Dessen

I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the south of New Zealand called Invercargill and there was constant rain. There was a depressing sensation in the air. — Daniel Gillies

Richard Lewis is the master at taking a joke that he's told a million times in a row in the past year, on the road, and making it look like he's pulling it out of thin air. — Artie Lange

On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law. — Ted Cruz

Youth now flees on feathered foot. — Robert Louis Stevenson

We are nervous laughter and fast breath and faster heartbeats, alive alive alive. — Amy Zhang

The power of the Will in a man, is favoured by the Heavens. The man who sets his Heart and Word onto something, and says "I will" no matter what obstacle is placed in his way - joins the ranks of the demi-gods. All else remain in mortality and are soon forgotten. — C. JoyBell C.

I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book. — Ian Fleming

The problem of transmitting scientific knowledge is a very difficult business. — Jack Steinberger

I don't like acting and I never have liked acting and I never wanted to be an actress. — Elsa Lanchester

It's not all about content. It's all about stories. It's not all about stories. It's all about great stories. — Mitch Joel

There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well. — St. Jerome