Mpumi Umona Quotes & Sayings

Remember what Emerson said: "Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him." And — Dale Carnegie

You can't start a fire in the pouring rain. — Tristan Prettyman

I think I had one too many drinks last night.
I need to go back and listen to the last 5-6 mins of The Wall.
I passed out. — Sienna McQuillen

The enormous power held by each of the southern committee chairmen individually was multiplied by their unity, by what White called a "oneness found nowhere else in politics." The symbol was the legendary "Southern Caucus," the meetings of the twenty-two southern senators which were held in the office of their leader, Richard Brevard Russell of Georgia, whenever crisis threatened - meetings that were, White said, "for all the world like reunions of a large and highly individualistic family whose members are nevertheless bound by one bond." In those meetings, the southern position was agreed upon, its tactics mapped, its front made solid. — Robert A. Caro

Never mind that I hadn't a clue which path to follow or whether, to echo Robert Frost, the one I took would make all the difference. The truth is, I'd bailed out of the right choice-wrong choice mentality a long time ago. It seemed so clear to me
since I'd wised up to the idea that life is not a straight road with no exit ramps
that life presented opportunities all along the way for a person to change directions. Besides, over the last ten years, I'd grown to like the idea of not knowing where a choice might lead me. — Alice Steinbach

You'd probably marry me just to annoy your father."
He grinned. "Well, that would certainly be a bonus."
"Why don't you like him?" I asked. "He seems all right."
"In five-minute doses," Win muttered. — Gabrielle Zevin

The struggle for existence is a struggle 'for' something; it is purposeful and only in so being is it meaningful and able to bring meaning into life. — Viktor E. Frankl

Smiling the boy fell dead. — Robert Browning

telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be about as easy and pleasurable as bathing a cat. Some — Anne Lamott