Lekendra Quotes & Sayings

Had I made capital on my prettiness, I should have closed the doors of public employment to women for many a year, by the very means which now makes them weak, underpaid competitors in the great workshop of the world. — Jane Swisshelm

It was the feet they'd do, for a first offense. They used steel cables, frayed at the ends. After — Margaret Atwood

it is precisely because we tell our children what to value - money, value for money, status, beauty, power, etc. - that they learn to lose sight of what makes them truly happy. Once — Raj Raghunathan

to listen attentively to every word when someone is speaking of something which interests you not at all is the triumph of will over desire — E.S. Purnell

It is a West zone planet which by an inexplicable and somewhat suspicious freak of topography consists almost entirely of subtropical coastline. By an equally suspicious freak of temporal relastatics, it is nearly always Saturday afternoon just before the beach bars close. No adequate explanation for this has been forthcoming from the dominant life forms on Ursa Minor Beta, who spend most of their time attempting to achieve spiritual enlightenment by running round swimming pools, and inviting Investigation Officials from the Galactic Geo-Temporal Control Board to 'have a nice diurnal anomaly. — Douglas Adams

When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good. — Andrew Lau

One doesn't simply write about Lyndon Johnson. You get the Johnson treatment from beyond the grave - arm around you, nose to nose. I should admit that he also reminds me of my father, quite an overbearing and narcissistic character. And in some ways, he reminds me of myself. Another workaholic. — Robert Dallek

Citizens may recoil from paying for the news, he noted, because they see it as a natural right. But in the absence of consumer coin, the media must be fueled by advertisers seeking consumers and investors pursuing profit. Novelty and drama pay to keep the presses rolling, and so the "news" that supposedly informs reason becomes the dog wagged by its own tail. — Brooke Gladstone

These men used to be failures and losers. They used to trip over each other. They were in debt. They were discontented and distressed, but they started in that cave with David, and they gathered into him and sat at his feet, and he "captained" them. They slowly changed and grew and turned into mighty men of God - not mighty men of David - mighty men if God. They gathered to David, but he made them mighty men of God. — Mark T. Barclay

I always wanted to live in a haunted house. — Dick Cavett

If you know where you are going, you are not learning. (p. 16) — Mike Higton

By what right does the wolf judge the lion? — George R R Martin

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life. — Steven Spielberg

Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention. — Charles R. Swindoll

Attitude is a state of mind that results in an action taken or an
emotion displayed. Attitude, in the end, is a motivator or that which
generates or reflects motives. — Reid A. Ashbaucher