Julian Albans Quotes & Sayings

A man walks into the toy store to get a Barbie doll for his daughter. So he asks the assistant, as you would, "How much is Barbie?" "Well," she says, "we have Barbie Goes to the Gym for $19.95, Barbie Goes to the Ball for $19.95, Barbie Goes Shopping for $19.95, Barbie Goes to the Beach for $19.95, Barbie Goes Nightclubbing for $19.95, and Divorced Barbie for $265.00." "Hey, hang on," the guy asks, "why is Divorced Barbie $265.00 when all the others are only $19.95?" "Yeah, well, it's like this....Divorced Barbie comes with Ken's house, Ken's car, Ken's boat, Ken's furniture... — E. King

He sensed between them an understanding too deep to articulate: the unspeakable knowledge that everything is lost. — Jennifer Egan

JULIAN ALBANS'S PRECEPT Sometimes it's good to start over. - Julian Albans — R.J. Palacio

They don't usually drink on Sunday, they go to church most of the day . — Harper Lee

I think, after about a week in, I started to get really down. I would feel better when I would eat. — Morgan Spurlock

I love my home, just playing games and just sleeping. No matter where you go, nothing is better than sleeping. — Rain

The average age of our members is about 79. They expected them (leaders) to be taking care of everything, and in reality, they were taking care of nothing. — R. Gerald Turner

Tea! Thou soft, thou sober,
sage and venerable liquid ...
to whose glorious insipidity,
I owe the happiest moments of my life,
let me fall prostrate. — Colley Cibber

he was willing to risk great personal harm and expend massive amounts of energy to develop that hardiness. You'll have far better luck toughening yourself up than you ever will trying to take the teeth out of a world that is - at best - indifferent to your existence. Whether we were born weak like Roosevelt — Ryan Holiday

I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old ... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again. — Mario Lemieux

Give up your good 'Christian' life and follow Jesus — Garrison Keillor

As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. — Alice Walker

To put it differently, as long as mind and heart are caught up in want, in desire, there must be emptiness.
You want things, ideas, persons, only when you are conscious of your own emptiness, and that wanting creates a choice.
When there is craving there must be choice, and choice precipitates you into the conflict of experiences.
You have the capacity to choose, and thereby you limit yourself by your choice. Only when mind is free from choice is there liberation. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I loathe my body. The liver spots, the sagging flesh. — Gian Carlo Menotti

I closed my eyes and let my enemy win. — Laurie Halse Anderson