Mahmud Asrar Quotes & Sayings

A key to life is knowing what to ignore and when to shut up. — Lisa Bedrick

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people. — Harry Browne

Grimthorpe (v.) To restore or renovate an ancient building with excessive spending rather than with skill. Grimthorpe is a more or less eponymous word, taken from the title of Sir Edmund Beckett (the first Lord Grimthorpe), a lawyer and horologist in London, who also enjoyed attempting restorations of old buildings. His efforts did not meet with widespread approval, and gave birth to this word. Grinagog — Ammon Shea

I Imagine Them

turning some dog-eared page
tapping out a drum beat on the dash
sorting the laundry
digging for a matching sock
buried in deep pockets
breaking an egg on the side of a bowl
fingering guitar strings

Where are they now?

tenderly holding a pen to paper
furiously moving through air
in concert
with your conversation
resting assuredly on the back
of a chair

oh to be the steering wheel
or the spoon
to have your palms
pressed solidly upon me
the full fan of your fingers
curved to the slope
of my shoulders
oh to be warmed
to be wrapped
in hope
to be healed
by the laying on
of your hands — Nancy Boutilier

I don't think literature will be purged until its philosophic pretentiousness is extruded, and I shant live to see that purge, nor perhaps when it has happened will anything survive. — E. M. Forster

Trials always change our relationship with God. Either they drive us to Him, or they drive us away from Him. The extent of our fear of Him and our awareness of His love for us determine in which direction we will move. — Jerry Bridges

I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic. — Chris Lilley

A hundred more you can read, a thousand more that I can read. — Me

To be on the road, even if you're not that happy, is all right, as long as I'm pourin' me heart into it. — Joe Cocker

When Corporate America finds a Jayson Blair in its midst, the standard operating procedure is to circle the wagons and deny that any form of liability extends up the chain of command. — Gary Weiss

I think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves. — Chuck D

Glancing sideways, he said that he loved her. Then, turning rapidly, he walked away and entered a tobacco shop. — Vladimir Nabokov

I hate those people who say you always find the one when you stop looking for her. It is the advice you least want to hear when what you think you need most is someone to love. At best, it comes off like being asked to not think of a white elephant. The elephant becomes the only thing you can think of. — Thomm Quackenbush