Ocara Orchestra Quotes & Sayings

You are not even seeing most of what's going on in the universe. On top of that, your brain filters out much of what it receives from the environment. So that what you are consciously aware of is only a fractional representation of your universe. — Abhijit Naskar

For one man who can introduce another to Jesus Christ by the way he lives and by the atmosphere of his life, there are a thousand who can only talk jargon about him — Oswald Chambers

I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me. — Ian Frazier

Nothing is working. Nothing in my life is working. Giants of literature, philosophy, and the arts have influenced my life, but what have I done with this life? I remain a speck in a tumultuous universe that has little concern for me. I am no more than dust, a mote - dust to dust. I am a blade of grass upon which the stormtrooper's boot stomps. I had dreams, and they were not about ending up a speck. I didn't dream of becoming a star, but I thought I might have a small nonspeaking role in a grand epic, an epic with a touch of artistic credentials. I didn't dream of becoming a giant - I wasn't that delusional or arrogant - but I wanted to be more than a speck, maybe a midget. I could have been a midget. All our dreams of glory are but manure in the end. — Rabih Alameddine

What if I take you apart and turn you into a toaster oven, how would you like that tin can? — Julie Kagawa

The pleasure of the soul appears to be found in the journey of discovery, the unfolding revelation of expanded insight and experience. — Anthony Lawlor

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me. — James Patterson

Get things hot, use pure muscle to bend them. Pretty much the same approach men use for everything. — J.C. Nelson

The roles ... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience. — Sally Field

You can know a lot about God and godliness and still not know God. — J.I. Packer

Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications. — Nora Roberts

The uniqueness of individuals is the diversity of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

And there's nothing more dangerous than a written memoir. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez