Maestra Canuta Quotes & Sayings

It could be done, because it had to be done — Erik Larson

Lick a finger: feel the now. — Annie Dillard

Soul is nothing but the functional expression of protoplasmic activity in the brain. — Abhijit Naskar

They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241) — Ilsa J. Bick

I don't think I knew how going to Ethiopia would affect my life, through a very simple choice of buying fair-trade coffee, we can take part in change. — Hugh Jackman

This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high. — Abraham Cowley

You have attained maturity; display it for us, if you please. — MaryJanice Davidson

Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is no ending, no neatness ... where water is concerned. It is wild, febrile, kind, ambiguous; it is dark and carries the mud, and it is clear and the cleanest thing. Too much of it kills us, and not enough kills us, and it is what makes us, mostly. Water is the cleverest substance, wily beyond the stretch of our mortal imaginations. And no matter where it is pent, no matter if it is air or liquid or solid, it will someday, inevitably, find its way out. — Lauren Groff

In Craig Blomberg's survey of the Mosaic laws of gleaning, releasing, tithing, and the Jubilee, he concludes that the Biblical attitude toward wealth and possessions does not fit into any of the normal categories of democratic capitalism, or of traditional monarchial feudalism, or of state socialism. The rules for the use of land in the Biblical laws challenge all major contemporary economic models. They "suggest a sharp critique of 1) the statism that disregards the precious treasure of personal rootage, and 2) the untrammeled individualism which secures individuals at the expense of community."38 — Timothy Keller

This next part is not going to be any fun, but it's like taking off a band-aid. It has to be done. — Kenneth Eade

In a silent film, you speak but the audience does not hear you. — Max Von Sydow

I tend to be conversational and loose with dialogue in general, not out of disrespect for the source material but because that's the way I work. — Clark Duke

I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets. — Waris Dirie