Mphela Associates Quotes & Sayings

Whereas Beckett gives us silence, Roth gives us noise; whereas Beckett gives us the last hope of comradeship, Roth gives us the self-loathing promiscuity of the solitary offender; whereas Beckett gives us waiting, Roth gives us hyperactivity. In a world without God, we have to make the most of our doubt, and we can best do that by committing blasphemy, sleeping with our friends' wives, giving offense. Because nobody knows anything, we can never know when we are right; we can never know, therefore, what is good. Only by being in the wrong can we know anything of ourselves, and that is the most intense way to be. — Anonymous

Sometimes owls came near to warn of death. Sometimes they just asked people to be careful. Sometimes they were just owls. — Louise Erdrich

You shouldn't walk away from something that intrigues you — Lisa Renee Jones

Love sticks around even when it has a lot to put up with. — Chip Ingram

When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote. — Ben Nelson

No slave system has ever been able to continue to function on the slaves provided by its own biological reproduction because the rate of human reproduction is too slow and the expense from infant mortality and years of unproductive upkeep of the young make this prohibitively expensive. This relationship is one of the basic causes of the American Civil War, and was even more significant in destroying ancient Rome. — Carroll Quigley

Loomis has always felt himself responsible for the fact that he did not stop Michael when he first murdered his sister, and so he's got that guilt to live with. — Donald Pleasence

You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in immortality and not believe in God. — Ernest Dimnet

Some people look like they were born on a clothes hanger. Not me. I look more like I was born in a dryer. — Sheila Turnage

I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged. — Aimee Mann

The pure love of Christ can remove the scales of resentment and wrath from our eyes, allowing us to see others the way our Heavenly Father sees us: as flawed and imperfect mortals who have potential and worth far beyond our capacity to imagine. Because God loves us so much, we too must love and forgive each other. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women. — Shania Twain

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey. — Enya