Islamic Mom And Dad Quotes & Sayings

It is far easier to travel than to write about it. — David Livingstone

Our ultimate goal is to be fully present for life. It takes practice — Janet Gallagher Nestor

Bel canto is to opera what pole-vaulting is to ballet. — Ned Rorem

I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in interest in financial history. — Niall Ferguson

They've gone to the land of Nineteen, he thought. Whatever is there. — Stephen King

As for the tenets of the Brahmans, we are not so much concerned to know what doctrines they held, as that they were held by any. We can tolerate all philosophies ... It is the attitude of these men, more than any communication which they make, that attracts us. — Henry David Thoreau

Kissing her to keep her quiet was the best idea that he'd had all week. One hand drifted into her loose hair as she responded to each kiss, while the other caught her waist and held her close to him. — Elaine White

Thought Experiment: You are a native of New York City, you live in New York, work in New York, travel about the city with no particular emotion except a mild boredom, unease, exasperation, and dislike especially for, say, Times Square and Brooklyn, and a longing for a Connecticut farmhouse. Later you become an astronaut and wander in space for years. You land on a strange, unexplored (you think) planet. There you find a road sign with an arrow, erected by a previous astronaut in the manner of GIs in World War II: 'Brooklyn 9.6 light-years.' Explain your emotion. — Walker Percy

Even if the absence of government really did mean anarchy in a negative, disorderly sense - which is from from being the case - even then, no anarchical disorder could be worse than the position to which government has led humanity. — Leo Tolstoy

It's a tragedy, but with your support and your help we will wage this fight and we're going to win it. — Michael D. Barnes

From a character's mother in THE ROMANCE READER'S GUIDE TO LIFE: "Resentment is the poison you drink yourself hoping it will kill the other fellow. — Sharon Pywell

I personally made a decision many years ago that I wanted to crawl into portraiture because it had a lot of latitude. — Annie Leibovitz

I love her."
"Then you do not love the Lord."
"Yes, I love both of them."
"You cannot."
"I do. — Jeanette Winterson