Marvelous Monday Quotes & Sayings

The lesser is the contact with the outside, the greater is the contact with inside. — Alok Jagawat

In the thoughtlessness of my incessant hurry, I have made God an 'addendum in' my life verses the 'agenda of' my life. And what I need to hurry up and realize is that with these priorities positioned as such, what I am hurrying to is my own demise. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

When I was in court I was the judge; when I was out of court I wasn't. Most people didn't address me as judge when I was in public. — Steven Pacey

33 but s whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be t at ease, without dread of disaster. — Anonymous

She lives in a town of sorry history,
indifferent to ethical perspectives,
apathetic to female attributes,
cargo and trunk liners,
spilled oil in the garage,
telephone poles shaped like liquor bottles,
sustaining burly weather,
cardiac distressing cold,
tobacco and mortality,
lying face-up on the bar's concrete floor,
no one can waste a life
faster than a Montana redneck. — Brian D'Ambrosio

While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities. — Helen Keller

Directing is mystifying. It's a long, long, skid on an icy road, and you do the best you can trying to stay on the road ... If you're still here when you come out of the spin, it's a relief. But you've got to have the terror if you're going to do anything worthwhile. — Mike Nichols

When life gives you lemons ... You might as well shove 'em where the sun don't shine, because you sure as hell aren't ever going to see any lemonade. — Rob Thurman

I wondered how beautiful it might be to think of others as more important than myself. I wondered at how peaceful it might be not to be pestered by that childish voice that wants for pleasure and attention. — Donald Miller

But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard. — Sarah Dessen

There's a guy who won't be in contention. There's another one I don't have to worry about. — Jack Nicklaus

I'm for the DREAM Act. It makes so much sense. Following the implementation of the DREAM Act, we'll have a case study we can point to where we can say that we provided a path to citizenship or legal involvement in the community for these young immigrants, and the sky didn't fall. — Beto O'Rourke

But it is strange and I think quite wrong that conservative Protestantism, which used to repudiate the tradition of celibacy, is now assuming that celibacy is the right way of life for a large number of men as a matter of course simply because they aren't 'heterosexual' - that is, because they lack the commitment-phobic lust that prompts other men towards all attractive women regardless of marriage covenants. Similarly, Roman Catholic authority, which used to teach that a special grace was required for a life of celibacy, now teaches that celibacy is the right way of life for such men as a matter of course, as though they were incapable of giving and receiving the love and friendship that many women seek from marriage far more than anything else — Jonathan Mills

Most people do not know this, but hummingbirds also feed on small insects. Among the many insects that hummingbirds feed on, they especially like spiders, gnats, aphids, caterpillars, flies and mosquitoes. They are fairly aggressive hunters and insects can make up to 1/4 of their daily diet! — Susan G. Charles

It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism. — Wendell Willkie