Norwin Elks Quotes & Sayings

Weather in Afghanistan, 2000 degrees and cloudy. What the f-ck am I doing? I'm stuck on the weather channel. AHHH! — Ozzy Osbourne

The clarity of perception
makes reality look as it is. — Toba Beta

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else. — Booker T. Washington

then decided maybe something was wrong with Sundays. He tried Saturday and saw about two thousand — Nell Zink

In 2008, Goldman Sachs only paid 1.1 percent of its income in taxes even though it earned a profit of $2.3 billion and received an almost $800 billion from the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury Department. — Bernie Sanders

The events of the past cannot be fully understood when you are the only element of the past actively engaged in reliving it. — Augusten Burroughs

Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way, came together, and that is what we should search for. — Orhan Pamuk

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate. — Alexander Pope

Thus it was quickly decided that Pitry - being young, cheerful, and not in the room at the time - would be the best man for the job. — Robert Jackson Bennett

When she came in a week later wearing an elegant black jersey dress that caressed her body, he'd said only, "Nice dress, Ms. Baird," and left it at that. Even though that dress made him want to stroke her all over, then push her up against a wall and do things that would make her realize once and for all that he was completely uncivilized under the suits. — Nalini Singh

In truth, to go for a walk with one's eyes open is enough to demonstrate that humanity is divided into two classes of individuals whose clothes, faces, bodies, smiles, gaits, interests, and occupations are manifestly different. Perhaps these differences are superficial, perhaps they are destined to disappear. What is certain is that right now they do most obviously exist. — Simone De Beauvoir

Being in the moment means not being distracted by the melodrama and hysteria around you. Present-moment awareness allows solutions to emerge. — Deepak Chopra

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals. — Emma Thompson

Sometimes crazy just isn't enough. — Dr. Seuss

Today at Pearl Harbor, veterans are gathering to pay tribute to the young men they remember who never escaped the sunken ships. And over the years, some Pearl Harbor veterans have made a last request. They ask that their ashes be brought down and placed inside the USS Arizona. After the long lives given them, they wanted to rest besides the best men they ever knew. Such loyalty and love remain the greatest strength of the United States Navy. — George W. Bush