Jestyn Liew Quotes & Sayings

The fountain of youth is like the monkey's paw in the W. W. Jacobs story. It never ends well. — Sarah Monette

I remember my father explaining, "A capitalist system is a dog-eat-dog system." — Frances Fox Piven

It's amazing how people like judging. — Michel Foucault

Is it possible that my walls are specifically erected and intentionally reinforced out of the fear that God calls me to an existence without walls? And if this is so, do I realize that I am the warden of prison that I created in which I myself am the prisoner? — Craig D. Lounsbrough

So also in a marriage or in helping a teenager through a difficult identity crisis - there is no quick fix, where you can just move in and make everything right with a positive mental attitude and a bunch of success formulas. — Stephen Covey

You can't take Philippians 4:13 and make it mean you can do anything you want. That's not what Paul is saying. In context, he is saying, "I've learned to be content when I received everything I want; I learned to be content when I got nothing I wanted. I can do either one by the power of Christ." When Paul says, "To live is Christ, and to die is gain," he means it. If you want to kill me, I will be more than fine: I will get to be with Jesus. My death will be filled with Christ. And if you want to let me live, I will press on in mission. My life will be filled with Christ. If you want to torture me or imprison me or mock me, I will trust in God. My suffering will make me like Christ. I will see it as a sharing of His own suffering. — Matt Chandler

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. — Barbara Kingsolver

I think sometimes - do not we all? - that perhaps the present year is my last year and that all my busyness is foolish. — Marjorie Bowen

Unity is the most important thing on the road to stamping out terror. You need global rules of law and order, and they have to be enforced. Start with that principle. — Chris Matthews

I know very well the difference between my image and who I am. — Monica Bellucci

The only thing I have learnt over the years is that if you enjoy your work and put in the best efforts, it will show. If you follow this process, things work out. But if you go chasing a formula, success will elude you. — Mahesh Babu

Thus did Jack Easy make the best use that he could of his strength, and become, as it were, the champion and security — Frederick Marryat

Although, at times, self-pity can feel strangely comforting, when it becomes too comfortable, you'll never leave. — Charles F. Glassman

I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something. — Gordon Lightfoot

I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out after all. And a bad person can often seem good and trustworthy for a long time, but when hard times come, the evil in him gets revealed. — Orson Scott Card