Mameh Quotes & Sayings

The God of love my shepherd is, And he that doth me feed: While he is mine, and I am his, What can I want or need? — George Herbert

I'm obsessed with choirs, and always have been, because of that sense of overwhelming vocals. — Florence Welch

Mameh would complain about America; how the apples had no taste — Anita Diamant

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. — Hesiod

America is a conservative country with a small "c" - they want change, but they don't want too much change too fast. — Howard Dean

Would have to make sure this guy never met Sadie. They'd probably take turns insulting me for the rest of eternity. A little help here? — Rick Riordan

Everest attempt at sixty-two, three weeks after undergoing surgery for kidney cancer, marathon des Sables six months after it was amputated fingers and toes, be measured by the diagonal of Fools four weeks after ablation of a metastasis to the lung, is this possible? Cancer does not stop your life, giving up your dreams or your goals, it is simply a parameter to manage, no more, no less than all the other parameters of life.
How to ensure that the disease becomes transparent to you and your entourage, almost insignificant in terms of trip you want to accomplish? This is precisely the question that Gerard Bourrat tries to answer in this book. To make a sports performance, to live with her cancer, to live well with amputations, the path is always the same: a goal, the joy of effort, perseverance and faith.
This book does not commit you to climb Everest, to run under a blazing sun, walking thousands of miles, it invites you to conquer your own Everest. — Gerard Bourrat

Nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

Nature is a tinkerer, not an inventor. — Francois Jacob

Me and Evil Harry go way back," said Cohen, rolling a cigarette. "I knew him when he was starting up with just two lads and his Shed of Doom."
"And Slasher, the Steed of Terror," Evil Harry pointed out.
"Yes, but he was a donkey, Harry," Cohen pointed out.
"He had a very nasty bite on him, though. He'd take your finger off as soon as look at you. — Terry Pratchett

The human species and the global economy may well keep growing, but many more individuals may live in hunger and want. — Yuval Noah Harari

After I finished elementary school, one of my teachers came to the apartment to tell Mameh and Papa I should go to high school. I still remember his name, Mr. Wallace, and how he said it would be a shame for me to quit and that I could get a better job if I kept going. They listened to him, very polite, but when he was finished Papa said, "She reads and she counts. It's enough. — Anonymous

If you desire faith, then you have faith enough. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

When we try to focus our thought upon One who is pure uncreated being we may see nothing at all, for He dwelleth in light that no man can approach unto. Only by faith and love are we able to glimpse Him as He passes by our shelter in the cleft of the rock. — A.W. Tozer

Throughout the '90s and early 2000s, our financial industry and governments leaned on a snake-oil mirage of wealth creation, a bubble predicated on the obvious falsehood that things could only get better. — Nick Harkaway