Leavey Library Quotes & Sayings

The beast lunged forward and grabbed up two townsfolk in its gaping maw. It munched down on them, extinguishing their screams in an instant. Blood oozed past its teeth and down its chin as it swallowed. — Adam Moon

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline. — James C. Collins

You're always looking for good scripts and when they're not always forthcoming you go mad. — Jonny Lee Miller

Miranda was proud of the smile she wore. It felt almost genuine. — Kristi Ann Hunter

America's greatest strength, and its greatest weakness, is our belief in second chances, our belief that we can always start over, that things can be made better. — Anthony Walton

Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write -Tough and Competent- on your blackboards. It will never be erased. Each day when you enter the room these words will remind you of the price paid by Grissom, White, and Chaffee. These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control. — Gene Kranz

Just as people asked 'Why do they hate us?' after 9/11, one evening I asked my father, 'Why did they do this to us?' He took a long breath and paused, deeply concerned about what he was about to say. 'The Muslims bombed us because we are Christians. They want us dead because they hate us' This hate was not because we had armies in the Middle East or because we supported Israel or for any of the reasons people easily turn to today. It was because we were Christians, infidels. As a child, I was just too young to understand all the political implications, but I understood one thing: people wanted to kill me simply because I was a Christian. — Brigitte Gabriel

Welcome to Miz-fest 2010! It's all going A-Ry. — Alex Riley

Now I know my father was a certified man of God, but at a fairly young age, I decided that when it came to my destiny, he did not know what he was talking about. — Susan Gregg Gilmore

At forty feet, the sky is entirely black, but now starlight bleeds faintly down into the forest from between rushing gray clouds. — Ned Hayes

Skiing makes me feel great, and it gives my legs such an incredible workout. — Joely Fisher

I liked you better when you were this timid little kid. What happened?"
"I started living with you guys."
"Oh, right. — Rachel Caine

A word is the only thing in the world made more powerful by absence than existence. — Rae Carson

I'm very hard on my bags because I tend to carry a lot of stuff with me. — Laura Linney

You cannot ask for forgiveness without acknowledging that there is something in life that is more important than the progress of your own kingdom. — Paul David Tripp