Ishamael Quotes & Sayings

Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience. — Corin Nemec

Size will hurt returns. Look at Berkshire Hathaway - the last five things Warren has done have generated returns that are splendid by historical standards, but now give him $100 billion in assets and measure outcomes across all of it, it doesn't look so good. We can only buy big positions, and the only time we can get big positions is during a horrible period of decline or stasis. That really doesn't happen very often. — Charlie Munger

Heart of the Dark. Ba'alzamon. Name hidden within name shrouded by name. Secret buried within secret cloaked by secret. Betrayer of Hope. Ishamael betrays all hope. Truth burns and sears. Hope fails before truth. A lie is our shield. Who can stand against the Heart of the Dark? Who can face the Betrayer of Hope? Soul of shadow, Soul of the Shadow, he is - — Robert Jordan

The essence of our salvation is found in this phrase: Simul justus et pecator. — R.C. Sproul

You tread a difficult path, Amber. You are none of the things they will think you are. In the end, you will have no guides but yourself. — Mark Henwick

I know love and lust don't always keep the same company. — Stephenie Meyer

My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts ... even when bad things happen. — John Wozniak

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything. — David Steinberg

What did I say? Don't forget to ride Captain?" "You said you were sorry there was no perfect ending but that I was perfect to you." "Autocorrect fucking up again." "Right. — Barbara Elsborg

The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in. — Thomas A. Edison

Uncle Monty smiled at the orphans. 'That's quite all right,' he said. 'Questions show an inquisitive mind. — Lemony Snicket

I can always remember standing up to the baddest girls in my elementary school. Wherever I went, there was always a mean girl, and that girl would always hate me because I wouldn't bow down. — Nicki Minaj

One of the effects of original sin is an instinctive prejudice in favour of our own selfish desires. We see things as they are not, because we see them centered on ourselves. Fear, anxiety, greed, ambition and our hopeless need for pleasure all distort the image of reality that is reflected in our minds. Grace does not completely correct this distortion all at once: but it gives us a means of recognizing and allowing for it. And it tells us what we must do to correct it. Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right. — Thomas Merton