Lamathani Quotes & Sayings

There was always a war. Usually they were border disputes, the national equivalent of complaining that the neighbor was letting their hedge grow too long. Sometimes they were bigger. Borogravia was a peace-loving country in the midst of treacherous, devious, warlike enemies. They had to be treacherous, devious, and warlike, otherwise we wouldn't be fighting them, eh? There was always a war. — Terry Pratchett

The anecdote was funny, but as my father gazed across the river at the university of his youth, his Russian life was in his eyes. — Paullina Simons

That is to say, our physical ability to understand time has been honed by evolutionary pressures to select for traits useful for survival, in all aspects, and time perception is no exception or special case or even magical or mysterious case. — Charles Yu

Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men. — Ernst Moritz Arndt

My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. — Jonathan Safran Foer

There are 2 main things I've learned about following the Holy Spirit: It will never be easy. It will never be boring. — Mark Hart

King David is a wonderful example of a well-balanced man who was a warrior fighting battles on some days and a gentle, harp-playing composer on other days. — Vicki Courtney

If you introduce person A to person B, and then person B is able to solve a pain point in his life, then you just made a good connection. — James Altucher

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, You know what you saw. The bird doesn't need to be counted, and neither do you. — Terry Tempest Williams

I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth. — Ace Frehley

When women talk about their feelings, they're not asking for solutions. — Nick Nolte

I don't think anybody has the right to a huge family. There's already more people on the planet than our natural resources can even support, and if everybody were to have a high standard of living, we need three or four or five new planets to provide the resources. And this cannot be, so something has to change. — Jane Goodall

If there is hope, it lies in the proles. — George Orwell

In every Christian's life there comes a time when he or she needs to know the precise circumstances under which God is willing to heal the sick. — Michel Faber

If they hadn't tried to break me down,
I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable. — Gabourey Sidibe