Nachtmann Bossa Quotes & Sayings

God is waiting to be gracious, and is willing to make us happy in religion, if we would not run away from him. We refuse to open the window shutters, and complain that it is dark. — Adoniram Judson

I kept ... returning to the (ancient Roman) wall paintings with their veiled melancholy and elegant plasticity. — William Baziotes

The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words. — Frank Muir

Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage. — Andre Agassi

A lot of people talk about the spirituality of Buddhism, and it is a spiritual discipline. But in Shambhala there also is a notion that you have to be synchronized with both heaven and earth. — Sakyong Mipham

If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada. — Mary Karr

One who has a personality that grates like glass paper should probably choose footwear sufficient for fleeing from irritated people. — Lindsay Buroker

The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook. — Henry Rollins

Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. — Don DeLillo

As painful as it is to receive contempt from another, it is more debilitating by far to be filled with contempt for another. — The Arbinger Institute

Ideally, you should be your own hero, just as I am mine. — Michael Bywater

I'm from Australia, where the film industry is potent but small. — Cate Blanchett

Just because you have blue hair and fucked-up clothes doesn't mean you're better than everyone
else. Because you know what? You're just conforming to someone else's code. Even though you don't
wear khakis or sweaters or whatever, but to me all you guys look the same. You think you're so
individualistic, but you're not. You guys - you and Kim and all the rest - you're like anti-snob snobs.
But you're just as mean as the preppy kids. You're all just as fucking lame. — Joe Meno