Leonna Jones Quotes & Sayings

TODD:
The history of the world, my love
LOVETT:
Save a lot of graves,
Do a lot of relatives favors!
TODD:
Is those below serving those up above!
LOVETT:
Ev'rybody shaves,
So there should be plenty of flavors!
TODD:
How gratifying for once to know
BOTH:
That those above will serve those down below! — Stephen Sondheim

Order doesn't come by itself. — Benoit Mandelbrot

The more men pray, the less worldly they become. The less they pray, the more worldly they become. I am, of course, speaking of professing Christians at this point. — Leonard Ravenhill

We cannot look at history and expect our contemporary perceptions to apply. His-story is a male sport, the story of men, as told by men through the ages. Women figure in it simply to patch the silent phrases. But there is an uncanny resemblance between rituals of forgotten history and the reign of the feminine unconscious. Harem cannot be explained simply through the mirror of history. Harem is a unique archetype of the collective unconscious - matriarchy incubating in the cradle of patriarchy. It is an unsolved enigma, a haunting mystery, and undeniably a source of intuitive intelligence. — Alev Lytle Croutier

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life — George R R Martin

I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber. — Bear Grylls

Inside a company, you can mandate that everyone use the same technology, which means you can go a little bit, I don't know, higher fidelity than the lowest common denominator technology. — Stewart Butterfield

Every house should have a turret — Heather Vogel Frederick

All of us know history repeats itself, but mighty few of us recognize the repetition until too late. — Kenneth Roberts

When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do. — Padmasree Warrior

In contrast, compassion manifests in us as the offering of kindness rather than withdrawal. Because compassion is a state of mind that is itself open, abundant and inclusive, it allows us to meet pain more directly. With direct seeing, we know that we are not alone in our suffering and that no one need feel alone when in pain. Seeing our oneness is the beginning of compassion, and it allows us to reach beyond aversion and separation. — Sharon Salzberg

London seemed like a house with five thousand rooms, all different; the kick was to work out how they connected, and eventually to walk through all of them. — Hanif Kureishi

Be humble. Be yourself. — Bobby Green