Mpletsas Stayrow Quotes & Sayings

Mortality, behold, and fear,
What a change of flesh is here!
Think how many royal bones
Sleep within this heap of stones, — Cassandra Clare

America has never had a very wide vocabulary for miscegenation. We say we like diversity, but we don't like the idea that our Hispanic neighbor is going to marry our daughter. America has nothing like the Spanish vocabulary for miscegenation. Mulatto, mestizo, Creole - these Spanish and French terms suggest, by their use, that miscegenation is a fact of life. America has only black and white. In eighteenth-century America, if you had any drop of African blood in you, you were black. — Richard Rodriguez

I sought a great performer who would deeply impress me, and I found Lior Suchard. — Uri Geller

On my tombstone they will carve, IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME. — Hunter S. Thompson

Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches. — William Cobbett

Although actions may speak louder than words, it is our intentions that reveal our soul. — Hal Elrod

If you claim to be a real friend then be real in your soul. If you claim to be fake then be an enemy instead. — Santosh Kalwar

Sometimes I feel like seeing if I can track down anybody from the old days, but then I think, what would I talk to them about now? They wouldn't even recognize Megan the happily married suburbanite. In any case, I can't risk looking backwards, it's always a bad idea. — Paula Hawkins

But we have science, and through it
we shall again find the truth, but we shall now accept it consciously, knowledge is
higher than feelings, the consciousness of life is higher than life. Science will give us
wisdom, wisdom will discover laws, and knowledge of the laws of happiness is higher
than happiness. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If you just jump into prayer without recognizing the disordered nature of the heart's loves, your prayer's intention will be, "Make me as wealthy as possible." The Proverbs 30 prayer is different. It is to ask, "Lord, meet my material needs, and give me wealth, yes, but only as much as I can handle without it harming my ability to put you first in life. Because ultimately I don't need status and comfort - I need you as my Lord." Imagine — Timothy Keller

I have no intention of spending the night in a chair and leaving you the bed. — Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck down by a hammer. — Rufus Wainwright

Work-life balance, work-life effectiveness, personal and professional satisfaction - or whatever you choose to call it - is not an entitlement or benefit. Your company cannot give it to you. You have to create it for yourself. You are personally responsible for living the best life you can. — Matthew Kelly