Myrene Britt Quotes & Sayings

Once in a while it can be a bit disconcerting to be so recognisable. — George Wendt

When a man is happy enough to win the affections of a sweet girl, who can soothe his cares with crochet, and respond to all his most cherished ideas with beaded urn-rugs and chair-covers in German wool, he has, at least, a guarantee of domestic comfort, whatever trials may await him out of doors. What a resource it is under fatigue and irritation to have your drawing-room well supplied with small mats, which would always be ready if you ever wanted to set anything on them ! And what styptic for a bleeding heart can equal copious squares of crochet, which are useful for slipping down the moment you touch them ? How our fathers managed without crochet is the wonder; but I believe some small and feeble substitute existed in their time under the name of 'tatting'. — George Eliot

Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that. — Kara DioGuardi

I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. — Thich Nhat Hanh

God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise. — Joni Eareckson Tada

The three most important powers are Heaven, Earth and Man. The three luminaries are the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. Opportunities given by Heaven are not equal to the advantages afforded by Earth, while the advantages of Earth do not match the blessings that come from harmony among men — Lisa See

After all, it was only a story,' I said, determined to prove her wrong. 'All manner of terrible things may happen in a story. They may be startling at the time, but it passes. One gets caught up in the narrative, but the dangers aren't real, are they? Things happen in any way the storyteller chooses. It is all just made up. — Chris Priestley

Do you realize that anything you can do in your lifetime will be meaningless a hundred years from now? she says. — Chuck Palahniuk

We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time. — Billy Corgan

A sapling must be hedged about for protection, but when it becomes a tree, a hedge would be a hindrance. So there is no need to criticise and condemn the old forms. — Swami Vivekananda