On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous Quotes & Sayings

The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. — George Muller

When I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow ... — Eric Clapton

His style as a writer places him in the category of the immortals, and his courage as a critic outlives the bitter battles in which he engaged. As a result, we use the word 'Orwellian' in two senses: The first describes a nightmare state, a dystopia of untrammelled power; the second describes the human qualities that are always ranged in resistance to such regimes, and that may be more potent and durable than we sometimes dare to think. — Christopher Hitchens

I do not like Melbourne in its present state. — William John Wills

I can dance beauty into my body — Padma Venkatraman

Whether you love God or you love a human being, if you love enough you will come into the presence of Love itself. — Rumi

The land and the ocean are living, breathing entities that supported us, clothed us, fed us, and nurtured our culture from time immemorial. — Eden Robinson

Say surrender. Say alabaster. Switchblade.

Honeysuckle. Goldenrod. Say autumn.
Say autumn despite the green
in your eyes. Beauty despite
daylight. Say you'd kill for it. Unbreakable dawn
mounting in your throat.
My thrashing beneath you
like a sparrow stunned
with falling. — Ocean Vuong

I literally believe that when it comes to Education, the fate of the rectification & preservation of Science is in the hands of the American children; if we want to see Science flourishes worldwide, we must invest more in those kids. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

The most powerful teaching moments are the ones where you screw up. — Brene Brown

To become a big movie star like Joan Crawford, you need to wear blinders and pay single-minded attention to your career. Nobody paid attention to me, including me. — Evelyn Keyes

One is inspired only in solitude. — Gary Gilmore

What the Ambassador was witnessing - in idea, if not yet in fact - was the transfer of power from its arbitrary exercise by nobles and monarchs to power stationed in a constitution and in representation of the people. The period of the transfer, coinciding with his own career, from 1767 to 1797, — Barbara W. Tuchman

Some things just have to be believed to be seen. — Philip Yancey

I realize I have made a lot of mistakes and done things wrong. I've done things I wish I could have done in another way. I didn't come in with the same kind of desperation that I may have had on the first or second record. I didn't come in thinking, 'Oh God, please. I hope this does well because I have nothing else and I worked so hard at this.' — Michael Buble