Olpin Quotes & Sayings

I don't wanna be alone forever but I can be tonight. — Lady Gaga

It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense. — Thomas Aquinas

To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Claire spoke often in her poetry of the idea of "fittingness": that is, when your chosen pursuit and your ability to achieve it
no matter how small or insignificant both might be
are matched exactly, are fitting. This, Claire argued, is when we become truly human, fully ourselves, beautiful ... In Claire's presence, you were not faulty or badly designed, no, not at all. You were the fitting receptacle and instrument of your talents and beliefs and desires. — Zadie Smith

History teaches us
that men and nations
only behave wisely
once they have exhausted
all other alternatives.
— Abba Eban

No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less. — A. Ray Olpin

My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time. — Mackenzie Phillips

Spencer's other grandmother, Mary Ann Olpin Woolley, was from England — The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints

Speaking of God, He's real and He's there, too. And don't ask what He looks like because you wouldn't understand even if I told you. — Jodi Picoult

I have done no wrong but the zealots are trying to attack me because I am so critical of them. — Sunil Gangopadhyay

The piano is always true to me. In times of despair, happiness, and joy, its mood is always my own. — Bradley Joseph

I think George Mitchell was good for Maryland in the sense that he helped me get elected. It doesn't get any better than that from here on. — Barbara Mikulski