Joseph Mallord William Turner Quotes & Sayings

That Kami Glass, people must say as she went by. About as sexy as a teapot. — Sarah Rees Brennan

They may be all comprehended under three heads - 1st, Superstition; 2d, Power; 3d, the common interests of society, and the common rights of man. — Thomas Paine

Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans. — Paolo Bacigalupi

I do not think a pilgrimage is a proper pilgrimage if you are also using it as an excuse to visit your favourite aunt, or buy silk cheaply to re-sell," she murmured sombrely. "That's just business dressed up in orange robes. — Claire North

When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it. — Elon Musk

Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like. — Emily Giffin

We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon — Walter Scott

The biggest challenge facing a missionary today is to forget himself and lose himself in the work. — Gordon B. Hinckley

I can find Syndil anywhere in this world, at my time," Barrack responded, his voice low and confident. "And I can protect her. — Christine Feehan

'Chronicle 2' has become this question of, 'How do we all make a movie that we all respect?' And that's true to what 'Chronicle' is. There's no one at the studio who wants to make a bad movie. They all want to make a good movie just as much as I do. — Max Landis

When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love. — John Of The Cross

Looking at the big things that had shaped the nation. Battlefields, factories, declarations, revolutions. Looking for the small things. Birthplaces, clubs, roads, legends. The big things and the small things which were supposed to represent home. I'd found some of them. I — Lee Child

The Buddha, in recovering his capacity for nonsensual joy, learned that this joy was limitless. He found that if he got himself out of the way, his joy completely suffused his mindful awareness. This gave him the confidence, the stability, the trust, and the means to see clearly whatever presented itself to his mind. In the curious bifurcation of consciousness that meditation develops, where we can be both observer and that which is being observed, the quality of joy that he recovered did not remain an internal object. It was not only a memory or merely a feeling to be observed; it was also a quality of mind that could accompany every moment of mindfulness. The more he accepted the presence of this feeling and the more it toggled between being object and subject, the closer the Buddha came to understanding his true nature. — Mark Epstein