Nubret Torino Quotes & Sayings

No, by my soul, I never in my life
Did hear a challenge urged more modestly,
Unless a brother should a brother dare
To gentle exercise and proof of arms. — William Shakespeare

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. It's not like the sheep was underage. — Colin Mochrie

You poor dear! Imagine having to wear Mark's trousers! He's a lovely lad, but I wouldn't wish that fate on anyone. God only knows who's been in them! — Jessica Cale

There's freedom in hitting bottom, in seeing that you won't be able to save or rescue your daughter, her spouse, his parents, or your career, relief in admitting you've reached the place of great unknowing. This is where restoration can begin, because when you're still in the state of trying to fix the unfixable, everything bad is engaged: the chatter of your mind, the tension of your physiology, all the trunks and wheel-ons you carry from the past. It's exhausting, crazy-making. — Anne Lamott

Human misery is so appalling nowadays that if we allowed ourselves to dwell on it we should only add imaginary miseries of our own to the real miseries of others without doing them any good. — George Bernard Shaw

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened. — Bob Schieffer

The great difference between us is this: you believe you have found salvation, and believing this, you are saved; I believe that salvation doesn't exist, and believing this, I am saved. — Nikos Kazantzakis

He strolled to the front door and stood watching, letting the picture of Felicity grave itself so deeply on his mind that when with the passing of time it would seem to other people that she had grown old and lost her beauty it would not seem so to him. — Elizabeth Goudge

I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word. I compare it to the work of a stone cutter - chipping away at the raw material until it's just right, or as right as you can get it. — Harriet Doerr

One of the wonderful things about being ALIVE is that it's never too late. — Phyllis A. Whitney

It is only the ego that steps from moment to moment, as a man who walks from puddle to puddle. It is only the ego who drowns in time. — Jane Roberts

I'm grateful to be an American. I am grateful that we can be angry at the terrorist assault and at the same time be intelligent enough not to hold a grudge against every Arab and every Muslim. — Maya Angelou