Judean Desert Quotes & Sayings

If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things — Richard Branson

The aim is freedom conscience and truth — Robert Fripp

All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I'm with you on measuring this week in letters and the two-day drought we are about to experience. If only there was a way to transport letters faster, through some sort of electronic device that codes messages and sends them through the air. But that's just crazy talk.

Friday from me:

Sending letters through the sky? Like when airplanes attach notes to their tails? I thought they only advertised for going-out-of-business sales. But perhaps our letters would be okay up there as well. I wonder how much they charge per word. — Kasie West

One thing I'm a big fan of is the theater of the absurd. That's what I come from, that's what I love to do more than anything. What I love about absurdity is the words "comedy" and "drama" get thrown out the window and it's just life, which is absurd. — Michael Shannon

I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics. — P. J. O'Rourke

Eventually, I would wear him down. That's what friends do: we weather until we erode every possible doubt a relationship can bring until we have a smooth stone to cast in our river of life. — Christina L. Barr

The sound universe is also spectacular around here. In the evenings there's a cricket orchestra with frogs providing the bass line. In the dead of night the dogs howl about how misunderstood they are. Before dawn the roosters for miles around announce how freaking cool it is to be roosters. — Elizabeth Gilbert

A lot of young writers wait for inspiration. The inspiration only hits you at the desk. — Robert Anderson

In truly listening to our most painful songs, we can learn the divine art of forgiveness. — Jack Kornfield

A great start-up, a great project - a great job, for that matter - should be fun, and if you're working your butt off without deriving any enjoyment, something's probably wrong. — Eric Schmidt

The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves. — Malcolm McDowell