Mukunda Stiles Quotes & Sayings

Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom. — Mike Pence

An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please. — Andre Malraux

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. — Wade Boggs

He hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he had faith ! — Paulo Coelho

ANACAMPTICK (ANACA'MPTICK) adj.[ or reflected: an anacamptick sound, an echo; an anacamptick hill, a hill that produces an echo. — Samuel Johnson

The Promise"

Stay, I said
to the cut flowers.
They bowed
their heads lower.

Stay, I said to the spider,
who fled.

Stay, leaf.
It reddened,
embarrassed for me and itself.

Stay, I said to my body.
It sat as a dog does,
obedient for a moment,
soon starting to tremble.

Stay, to the earth
of riverine valley meadows,
of fossiled escarpments,
of limestone and sandstone.
It looked back
with a changing expression, in silence.

Stay, I said to my loves.
Each answered,
Always. — Jane Hirshfield

I used to arm wrestle my roommate in college. Based on that, I'm in pretty good shape. — Dasha Zhukova

The ease with which the big crises can wipe out the small ones that seemed so critical just a moment before. All of our small anxieties and trivial preoccupations evaporate with the sudden recognition of what really matters. We are reminded of the impermanence of much that we assume is forever and the value of so much we take for granted. — Arianna Huffington

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load. — Charles Henry Parkhurst

The world we are in today is likely to end catastrophically, as many other human worlds have done before. — Paul Kingsnorth

There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget. — Patricia Riggen

I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps. — Ziggy Marley

If true love breaks as easily as a delusion, on what can we rely? What will people pin their hopes on?" [Nilima]
"They'll have the sweet, intimate memories of a lost paradise, and beside it a sea of sorrow ... People looking on from outside think all is lost ... What remains when everything is lost can be held in the palm, like a jewel. It can't be flaunted in a pageant, so the lookers-on are disappointed and jeer as they return home.." [Kamal]
" ... Jewels are not meant for everybody, certainly not for the rabble. People who're only happy when decked out with gold and silver from top to toe won't understand the value of your tiny diamonds and gems. Those who want a lot feel secure only after tying knot upon knot. They put a price on something only by its weight and show and bulk. But it's useless to try and show the sunrise from a western window..[Nilima] — Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends who happen to be in so-called Society; but Society as such is a bore and holds no fascination for me. — Douglas Fairbanks Jr.