Lasell Athletics Quotes & Sayings

Only a few hardy Westerners learn to speak Thai and even fewer learn to read it. At first glance it seems impossible and on second glance one would much rather not. The alphabet has forty-six wiggly consonants and thirty-one vowels, some of which are not visible to Western eyes. The language is a mixture of Pali, Sanskrit, Cambodian, and is of the Sino-Tibetan family and it seems to embrace the rules of all even when they conflict. King Rama Khamheng devised the alphabet in the thirteenth century and the writing shows the effect of having been born full-blown of kingly whim. — Carol Hollinger

Religion cruelly exploits our need to feel connected. — George Carlin

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books). — George Herbert

Two Drink Mike enjoys dancing and knows a magic trick. Whereas, No Drink Mike enjoys biographies, and has serious opinions on wildlife. And Five Drink Mike ... dances with wildlife. — Mike Birbiglia

Collaboration requires focusing on everything from vision and values to how individuals can feel they are making a real contribution. — Jane Ripley

Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially when you get on a beautiful, winding road and the light's dappling through the trees. — John Lasseter

There is not the least cause for worry about financial affairs; every person who wills to do so may rise above want, have all he needs, and become rich. — Wallace D. Wattles

My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history. — Jose Mujica

The real achievers are those who, in the dreary pit of sacrifice, still smile up at the goal. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn't rescue the suffering the converse does. The brave who focus and all things good and all things beautiful to give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agent to bring the fullest night to all the world. — Ann Voskamp

If God gives you a hundred bucks, you better bet He's going to ask you what you bought. — Geoffrey Wood

Know, thou, that the lines that live are turned out of a furrowed brow. — Herman Melville

Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great and significant in proportion to the clarity and fulness with which they incarnate this vision. — George Edward Woodberry

So which is the lie? Hard or soft? Silence or time? — David Foster Wallace

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. — Sally Ride