Mbugi Quotes & Sayings

God is not honored by groundless love. In fact, there is no such thing. If we do not know anything about God, there is nothing in our mind to awaken love. If love does not come from knowing God, there is no point in calling it love for God. — John Piper

What is self-image? Who started talking about one? I rather fancy it was Madison Avenue. — Madeleine L'Engle

It was something I really wanted to do. I can't imagine what it will be like to carry the flag and walk through the doors of the stadium. I'm thrilled to lead the team. — Chris Witty

Robert Farris Thompson, America's most prominent historian of African art, says that funky is derived from the Ki-Kongo lu-fuki, meaning "positive sweat" of the sort you get from dancing or having sex, but not working. One's mojo, which has to be "working" to attract a lover, is Ki-Kongo for "soul." Boogie comes from mbugi, meaning "devilishly good." And both jazz and jism likely derive from dinza, the Ki-Kongo word for "to ejaculate. — Christopher Ryan

One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world. — Philippe Cousteau Jr.

God will overflow your cup, so grab the biggest one you can find. — Rob Liano

Better hyperactive rather than radioactive, I always say. — Stephanie Tom

Thank your customer for complaining and mean it. Most will never bother to complain. They'll just walk away. — Marilyn Suttle

How could you determine a man's intention if you didn't speak his language or share his beliefs? She'd happily embarked on a study of ancient Egyptian religion but had no curiosity about Islam, which seemed an amalgam of oddities and borrowings. She felt with conviction what she'd written home more than once
that Egypt would be an exquisite country if not for the Egyptians who lived there. — Enid Shomer

You put a tattoo on yourself with the knowledge that this body is yours to have and enjoy while you're here. You have fun with it, and nobody else can control (supposedly) what you do with it. That's why tattooing is such a big thing in prison: it's an expression of freedom - one of the only expressions of freedom there. They can lock you down, control everything, but 'I've got my mind, and I can tattoo my body - alter it my way as an act of personal will.' — Don Ed Hardy

They worked hard at the things they enjoyed, they treated other people with respect, they followed their conscience, and they loved to laugh. They'd had their share of problems and made their share of mistakes, but neither had managed to do anything dumb enough to have any lingering effects. I was grateful for — Scott Pratt