Launchpad Online Quotes & Sayings

Sin carries in it its own misery. — John Piper

I'm not a suicidal person at all, but on paper it seems that I am. I think I'm really quite horrible to myself in many ways. You always think it's going to be fine, the body will repair itself. There will be another chance. But I'm 33 now. The body won't keep repairing itself. You know when you can flick a coin and catch it on your elbow, and flick it up and catch it on the back of your head? And then you can't even catch it with two hands any more. You realise something is wrong ... — Pete Doherty

He waits a long time. The captain reviews the fingernails — Anthony Doerr

You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice. — John Green

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance. — Atul Gawande

I promised myself that I would talk to her before the summer was over, but schools reopened, the leaves reddened, yellowed, and fell, the rains of winter swept in and wakened Baba's joints, baby leaves sprouted once more, and I still hadn't had the heart, the dil, to even look her in the eye. — Khaled Hosseini

Crete was heavily fortified, but Nicephorus brushed aside the waiting Arab army by sending in his marines - terrifying Norse warriors whose terrible double-bladed axes could smash through armor and bone alike. — Lars Brownworth

AT&T sucks. There's no excuse for being in downtown Los Angeles, and your phone loses service. That's ridiculous. — Blake Shelton

You know, I feel as comfortable in an uncomfortable situation as I do when things are going smoothly. — Harry Connick Jr.

Laura won't hurt you," I said, wrestling him for control. "She's one of the sweetest ghosts I ever met. She just likes to play."
"Yeah, I bet. With my bones, if I had any!"
"She isn't like that!"
"Sure. 'Cause when the innocent little girl shows up in a horror flick, it's always a good thing! — Karen Chance

Never bet the devil your head. — Tom Cardamone

There are black zones of shadow close to our daily paths, and now and then some evil soul breaks a passage through. When that happens, the man who knows must strike before reckoning the consequences. — H.P. Lovecraft

And if you want to know where all the good guys are, we're standing right in front of you, lacking the balls to actually make ourselves heard. — Jonathan Tropper