Mercatone Quotes & Sayings

Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully. So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well. — Ramakrishna

I've never, ever in my life touched a photographer. Some of the cruellest things I've ever said have been to photographers who are chasing me down the street, some of the sharpest, most efficient emotional barbs. And they know that in that moment, in that one-to-one wit competition, they just got smashed. — Russell Crowe

Gentleness is given to those who have learned that God will not have his kingdom triumph through the violence of the world, for such a triumph came through the meekness of a cross. — Stanley Hauerwas

I received rejection letters for ten years (one on a napkin, written in crayon.) I had all my rejection notices stored in a box. When the box was finally full I took it to the curb and set it on fire. The next day I went out and got a temp job. — Janet Evanovich

They've youth; they'll walk it out like a favorite pair trainers. — Alan Warner

Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding. — Andrzej Wajda

Blissfully unaware of the beautiful tradition they'd been chosen to uphold. — Tom Perrotta

Though sympathy tugged at her, Sophie's imagination made fearsome leaps. The grieving widower. The destitute governess. A motherless child. It had all the makings of a scintillating novel. — Laura Frantz

The crisis in the natural world is one of awareness as much as any other cause. As a global majority has moved into cities, a feedback loop is increasingly clear. In the city, we tend not to pay much attention to nature; for most of us, familiarity with corporate logos and celebrity news really is of more practical day-to-day use than a knowledge of local birds and edible wild plants.* With nature out of focus, it becomes easier to overlook its decline. Then, as the richness and abundance of other species fade from land and sea, nature as a whole becomes less interesting - making it even less likely we will pay attention to — J.B. MacKinnon

There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true. — Richard Whately

Freedom has ceased to be a birthright; it has come to mean whatever we are still permitted to do. — Joseph Sobran

'I wish someone had told you that you're a terrible liar so I wouldn't have to be the first one. I feel bad now.' — T.J. Klune

Meekness does not mean indolence. — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

The Emperor said, "My name is Krataa, and this" - he gestured at Vader - "is Irluuk. — Paul S. Kemp

Lots of unbelievable things happened. Every day. Things like gravity. — Myra McEntire