Mavrias Village Quotes & Sayings

Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen. — Anne Lamott

A returned love letter is written in the most violent language, by your own hand. — Jardine Libaire

One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people. — T.D. Jakes

You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. — Larry McMurtry

If I ask you to write down the last 4 digits of your social security number, and then take you out to lunch and ask you how many dentists there are in Manhattan, there's going to be a high correlation between those two numbers. What happens is that the number psychologically makes you feel confident. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The winter's a little bit daunting in Montana. — Phil Jackson

One of the things I find exciting about Joan of Arc is how clearly the story of her life reveals the creation of myth, a process in which every one of us is involved - every one of us who tells stories and all those who listen, each informing the other. — Kathryn Harrison

It's impossible to give it all you got and fail unless you fail to give it all you got to do the impossible. — Behdad Sami

Step back and scrutinize your work, to delve deep into the meaning behind the words, it will get both easier in some ways and harder in others. Either way, you need to practice everyday. You will probably get faster with time, because you learn to do this instinctively, and the writing may flow better on some days more than others, but it doesn't get easier. And if you aren't writing everyday, you are doing yourself and your craft a disservice. Writing is a habit. Get into the habit. — Darynda Jones

I would rather have someone read my diary than look at my iPod playlists. — Mindy Kaling

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season. — Darius Rucker

Sensible use of mock objects can make tests simpler and clearer. But, of course, you can have too much of a good thing. Tests that are encumbered by complex use of many mock objects can become very tricky to reason about, and hard to maintain. Mock mania is another common smell of bad test code, and may highlight that the structure of the SUT is not correct. — Anonymous