Jackie Appiah Quotes & Sayings

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. — Francis Bacon

They must know but little of mankind who can imagine that, after they have been once seduced by luxury, they can ever renounce it. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

The past is never the past. It is always present. And you better reckon with it in your life and in your daily experience, or it will get you. It will get you really bad. — Bruce Springsteen

You can't live somewhere," he told me, "if the people don't want you to be there. They can kill our cattle or poison our streams, and we would never know who did it. You either slaughter them all or learn to live with them. — Bernard Cornwell

Others of us are lost. We're forever seeking. We torture ourselves with philosophies and ache to see the world. We question everything, even our own existence. We ask a lifetime of questions and are never satisfied with the answers because we don't recognize anyone as an authority to give them. We see life and the world as an enormous puzzle that we might never understand, that our questions might go unanswered until the day we die, almost never occurs to us. And when it does, it fills us with dread. — Lisa Unger

I don't have anything to pay you with now," Blake said, turning toward Chaos. "But just tell me how much, and I'll make sure this debt is paid."
Chaos shrugged. "Dude, I owe Beckett. Just let him know."
Blake nodded and stood. Of course. Everyone owes Beckett something. — Debra Anastasia

I can't get clean." "That's because you're polishing a diamond. How much more brilliant do you want it to shine, my lovely? — Kristen Ashley

I've been an activist in the LGBT community for a long time. I think nothing's changed, I'm just a little bit more focused on the 'T' now than I was on the 'L' or the 'G.' — Chaz Bono

Take all self-determination from a man's life, and all that is left for him to do is complain. — Robin Hobb

Alex direly wanted to try something stupid, but he wasn't about try anything stupid under these circumstances. He'd wait till he won their confidence, till they gave him a lot more initiative and leeway. Then he'd try something stupid. — Bruce Sterling

N.T. Wright foregrounds what the Bible backgrounds, and backgrounds what the Bible foregrounds — J.I. Packer

Whenever we touch someone's life, we leave a trace over there. Always leave good traces so that you can walk in the streets freely! — Mehmet Murat Ildan