Marcos Witt Quotes & Sayings

A moment went by, and then every cell in Billy's body shook him with ravenous gratitude and applause. — Kurt Vonnegut

When you become ministers, teach your people how to think independently without relying on you for instructions. Don't be a leader who tries to control people. Do not limit your people, but provide a creative environment for them to take the initiative — Sunday Adelaja

What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really feel like you are connected with people after all these years. — Bobby Rahal

You will begin to see desire's impermanent nature, and you will also realize that you do not have to act on every thought or desire. You will learn that you can choose from the many possibilities of how to respond to desire when it arises, and you can discover a new kind of freedom, where you do not have to follow your desires, but can choose to behave in new ways in response to your desires. — Jack Kornfield

There's more than one way to be a girl — Lauren Faust

Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I may not be in control of anything else, but I am in control of my body. — Karen Carpenter

The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself. — Sarah Dessen

When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That's something I value. [Values are things like] Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they [Conservative right wing Republicans] talk about values, they're talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values. — Bill Maher

A few places are especially conducive to inspiration - automobiles, church - public places. I plotted Couples almost entirely in church - little shivers and urgencies I would note down on the program, and carry down to the office Monday. — John Updike

Only know your lover when you let her go
And you let her go
-Let Her Go — Passenger

We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about. — William, Saroyan

A lot of people are happy to give money to charities but are wary of giving through taxes because they feel it doesn't produce any value. — Leila Janah

The mind cannot live in nature, only against nature, only as its counterpart. — Hermann Hesse

Many of the younger generation know my name in a vague way and connect it with grotesque inventions, but don't believe that I ever existed as a person. They think I am a nonperson, just a name that signifies a tangled web of pipes or wires or strings that suggest machinery. My name to them is like a spiral staircase, veal cutlets, barber's itch - terms that give you an immediate picture of what they mean. — Rube Goldberg