Maininki Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

She was pleased her demure stature was finally good for something. It was an advantage at last. A boon. An asset. A virtue - She stopped herself from continuing her synonym spiral. There was work to do. — Cynthia Hand

When all is said and done, it looks like the Palestinians have been massively robbed and abused, and are engaged in a desperate struggle for survival and liberation. Israel, on the other hand, would appear to be conducting an imperialistic campaign of oppression supported and substantially armed by the most powerful nation on earth. — Michael Leunig

A modern soldier returning from combat - or a survivor of Sarajevo - goes from the kind of close-knit group that humans evolved for, back into a society where most people work outside the home, children are educated by strangers, families are isolated from wider communities, and personal gain almost completely eclipses collective good. — Sebastian Junger

Love is not concerned with a person's accomplishments, it is a response to a person's being: This is why a typical word of love is to say: I love you, because you are as you are. — Dietrich Von Hildebrand

You ask people, 'should we go back to square one?' People don't want to do that. — David Plouffe

I don't like when everything sounds the same. — Bryce Wilson

It's not enough to be a good person. You also have to show it. — Honore De Balzac

Life never gives more than partial liberation. Achievement can never be more than fragmentary. — Janusz Korczak

If somebody is smoking a joint in a movie, I say it's a cigarette - a big cigarette if it's a Cheech and Chong movie. — Eminem

I want to make a commitment to you, to create a passionate, creative lifelong relationship with you. Is this what you want? — Gay Hendricks

I try and sweat every day even though I can't always get to the gym. I do a lot of running, which is a great way to see a city, and I try to bike to work. — Blake Mycoskie

It was made clear to me that I wasn't supposed to trouble the moody Creator with any pesky questions about the eccentricities of His cosmic system ... Thus my idea of heaven was that I got to spend eternity sitting at the feet of God, grilling Him. "Let me get this straight," I'd say, by way of introduction. "It's your position that every person born has to suffer because Eve couldn't resist a healthy between-meals snack? — Sarah Vowell

First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak. — Henri J.M. Nouwen