Ooofff Quotes & Sayings

the more you know the less you want to do — Dmitry Dyatlov

Somehow, through a flip of the coin, I ended up here. Feeling like somebody at the top of the heart-lung transplant recipient list. Damaged but invigorated and fucking lucky. — Augusten Burroughs

That's the problem. I wasn't happy. I was hiding. I knew it. My therapist knew it. I wasn't going to ever be happy until I went back to doing what I was good at. And since I can't go back into law enforcement, why not go into the private sector. Gideon's call came at the right moment. — Mercy Celeste

I don't read blogs. I'm living the life they're writing about. So why read about it? — Nayvadius Cash

While I'm trying to be different, I'm trying to be very conservative at this point in my career. — Christy Romano

I've always been fairly confident in my acting. — Jason Gann

If you get up on stage and brag, I don't think that's very brave. It's braver to get up and take your clothes off. And I do that every night. — James Blunt

(Although I tried to always keep in mind something a friend had once told me: "Your demons may have been ejected from the building, but they're out in the parking lot, doing push-ups.") At — Dan Harris

[T]his impulse toward spiritual intimacy is found not only in the Abrahamic faiths, but in Buddhism, Hinduism, and native religions. Far too many people who understand God in these ways probably do not know how rich the tradition is that speaks of God with us, God in the stars and sunrise, God as the face of their neighbor, God in the act of justice, or God as the wonder of love. The language of divine nearness is the very heart of vibrant faith. Yet it has often been obscured by vertical theologies and elevator institutions, which, I suspect, are far easier to both explain and control. Drawing God within the circle of the world is a messy and sometimes dangerous business. — Diana Butler Bass

I'm an actor, and I think some of us who are drawn to this work know what it is to desperately want to be loved and validated: to be good at something and not be able to do it; to come in second on countless projects; or told that you were the first choice, but the part went to that guy who had that TV show in the '90s. — James Snyder

The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which usually involves bringing their religion with them. One's children are going to be married to people outside their religious traditions as well as inside. — Thomas Keating

Lord, I thank You for being close to me when I pray. Thank You that You hear and will answer me. Thank You that in Your presence there is transformation for my soul and my life. I draw close to You now and ask for an ever-increasing sense of Your presence. I ask that You would help me to pray more and more every day and give me increasing faith to believe for the answers. — Stormie O'martian