Omphalos Quotes & Sayings

with attachment comes pain! — Eric Jerome Dickey

Fancy feathers make peacocks, but you pluck them and see what's left. — Catherine Cookson

He's got some obsession with feathers. Sings lots of Bon Jovi too. — Anonymous

Even in woo woo circles, shamanism is the fringe of the fringe. — S. Kelley Harrell

The mechanics vary from place to place and from office to office. The handling of SBUs can be different in the same agency just across the hall, one from another. There are virtually no standards. — Ted Gup

Sometimes when I'm watching television and something, an image, will come on that has to do with 9/11 or some of these families telling their stories, or children talking about drawing pictures of airplanes flying into towers, you know, I find myself still choking up. — Ann Richards

Go out and speak for the inarticulate and the submerged. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

But what are they?" Annie asked.
"An omphalos, probably," said Jacob.
"A what, dear?" Melinda asked.
"A bellybutton of the world."
"I didn't know it had one. — Caleb Crain

In making films, you're dealing with hundreds of people and a crew, but eventually, it's you and an editor, and that part of it, I liked it a lot. The experience on 'Up in Smoke' was great. I really enjoyed it. — Lou Adler

Nobody goes to a zoo to dream about dragons. — Charles P. Pierce

I got problems, can't sleep at night. Cause your girl wanna come around and freak all night. — Mac Miller

Avoid being narrow-minded; it's a fat world. — Benny Bellamacina

The Greeks called this place the omphalos, literally the belly button of the earth, though they never specified whether it was an innie or an outie. — Rick Riordan

When people want to built new tracks, they want to look at Silverstone. We don't want it built like that. It's quite embarrassing. — Bernie Ecclestone

Unbidden, a growl escaped him just as his lips brushed that heavenly skin and with one bite he pierced right through it. When her blood hit his tongue, he shook.
It was nectar, hot and wild and sweet, like the fiery kiss of a demon. His fingers twisted up into the glossy knot of hair at her nape, pulling it free, wrapping his fist in that silky skein. Forcing her up as his mouth came down harder, his fangs sliding deeper.
Rissa made a soft sound; whether of pleasure, encouragement or pain, it didn't matter.
Nothing fucking mattered. — Heather R. Blair

I've seen the needle
And the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie's
Like a settin' sun. — Neil Young

The Templars realized that the secret lay not only in possessing the global map of the currents, but also in knowing the critical point, the Omphalos, the Umbilicus Telluris, the Navel of the World, the Source of Command. — Umberto Eco

ROBOT DRIVE TO PINE OMPHALOS QUINTAIN BULL'S EYE NITTY-GRITTY NUANCE MOOT HEGEMONY. — Various