Monastaries Quotes & Sayings

Zen has lost its zip, if you will, or its nothingness and has become ritualistic Its established in monastaries with strict codes of koan study. — Frederick Lenz

Everyone I know is fervently proud to be Welsh but you try not to be preachy about it. It's difficult at times. But when I go home to north Wales, or to somewhere I've never been in south Wales, I still feel at home because I'm in Wales. It's hard to explain. — Gary Speed

The rock'n'roll lifestyle really is available to anybody that's got money. Honestly. Once you get money, if you interview a hundred people with money, they'll all sound like rock stars. — Ice-T

If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
(Get Out or Get in Line, 1928) — Elbert Hubbard

The record is definitely a musical journey. It's kind of all over the place, which I like. — Tommy Lee

It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius. — Roger Ebert

Time slowed and reality bent; on and on the eggman went. — Stephen King

I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night. — Andy Stanley

Scars are the proof you're stronger than what tried to hurt you, duckling. Don't be ashamed of them — August Clearwing

When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation for the first time. I loved the diverse collection of animated films the festival held. — John Lasseter

When you have stripped yourself bare like the trees in the fall season you will be standing totally barren with nothing to hide — GS. Subbu

Many people do not know that they can strengthen or diminish the life around them. The way we live day to day simply may not reflect back to us our power to influence life or the web of relationships that connects us. Life responds to us anyway. We all have the power to affect others. We may affect those we know and those we do not even know at all ... Without our knowing, we may influence the lives of others in very simple ways. — Rachel Naomi Remen

The guy we want to get is the guy who did the Aerosmith album which is coming out in two days, and a Chili Peppers album, and a couple of Pearl Jam albums. We want to get someone that will sort of bring out the high energy aspect more than the dreaminess that was on the last album. — Mike Gordon

In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson because at the time I thought his approach to limited government was right on. — Joe Lhota

A crisscross of light and shadow began to form on the pavement in front of him, and it was a beautiful thing to behold, he felt, a small, unexpected gift on the heels of such sadness and pain. — Paul Auster