Luzette Collection Quotes & Sayings

I had done my best, and it wasn't good enough. I doubted, I pined, I prayed, and I was still me. I was a gay woman, inspired by Jesus in ways beyond my ability to communicate, who failed to live up to the expectations of all that a Christian was supposed to agree with, believe in, and reenact. I was certain I could no longer be the standard-bearer of an institutionalized religion, but I couldn't escape the fact that my faith seeped into my art. — Jennifer Knapp

Some grocery stores began using electronic scanners as early as 1976, and the devices have been in general use in American supermarkets for a decade. — Andrew Rosenthal

Leave me like this. I have come full circle and I understand. The world must be read backward. All is clear. — Italo Calvino

This notary was a little man, completely round, round in every part. His head looked like a ball nailed onto another ball, supported by two legs that were so tiny and so short that they also closely resembled balls. — Guy De Maupassant

Never before has information been so important, to governments and businesses alike. And please don't imagine that some of you gathered here today may be less concerned than others. Globalization means that the "butterfly effect" is everywhere at work. The mistakes of a stockbroker in Singapore or the collapse of the Baht in Bangkok, the decisions of a Finnish industrial concern, or what the Governor of Minas Gerais in Brazil decides to do about his State's debt, have had consequences for the world as a whole. — Jacques Chirac

To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy. — Mignon McLaughlin

During intervals of humanity, some disposition has been manifested to permit the return of those who have never offended, who have been banished by a terror which the government itself has reprobated, & to permit in case of arrestation, an investigation of the fact of emigration as well as of the identity of the person accus'd. — John Marshall

It's not until you have become older and wiser that you realize ... that along it's been the people you've known the longest who want to see your down fall. — Jerome D. Williams

I'm a standup comedian who gets to act. I'm never going to not do standup. I love doing it and when I go through periods where I'm doing a lot of acting work, I still do standup. — Bill Burr

I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his. — James Franco

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy. — Steve Earle

We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are
tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies, we want that
we will be able to live in an entirely different environment of
relations with our enemies. — Ehud Olmert

The combined entity Youku Tudou Inc. represents a dominant leader in online video sector in China with the largest user base, most comprehensive content library, most advanced bandwidth infrastructure, and most effective monetization capability. — Victor Koo

College baseball, I love it. I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that's what they plan on doing after college to take the next step. — Roger Clemens

As we get close to God, he is going to reveal things in our life that aren't pretty. We'll see the patterns of bitterness, anger, manipulation, and hurt that have cycled in our relationships. — Chip Ingram