Lonsinger Retreat Quotes & Sayings

Custom! that skillful but unhurrying manager who begins by torturing the mind for weeks on end with her provisional arrangements; whom the mind, for all that, is fortunate in discovering, for without the help of custom it would never contrive, by its own efforts, to make any room seem habitable. — Marcel Proust

Prose divides shame into stations. — Wayne Koestenbaum

I sold my soul for the second time, cause' the man don't pay me. — Noel Gallagher

The physical body can crave sleep with an animal greed, as everybody knows. Then it is snappish when it is disturbed, as I would have been if I hadn't had the memory, at least, of praying for tranquillity. — Marilynne Robinson

Trust is equal parts character and competence ... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other. — Stephen Covey

I'm not much of a drinker. I'm an eater more than a drinker. So I feel that I don't have to wait to get a hangover in order to eat these. — Nigella Lawson

I tell them stars have never hurt me, I wish I could say the same about people. — Terry Pratchett

I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut. — Neil Patrick Harris

So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. — John Milton

Everything free and decent in life is being locked away in filthy little cellars by beastly people who don't care. — John Fowles

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy. — Billy Bob Thornton

A good coach always coaches to a leader's potential, not his current level of performance. A good leadership coach will see the potential in you and inspire you accordingly. — Andy Stanley

The money doesn't interest me. I'm not enjoying MotoGP, and I'm retiring. — Casey Stoner

Skydiving is a rush. Doing it naked could be more of a rush, but it's nothing I would ever consider. — Jud Tylor