Oosterhoff Family Quotes & Sayings

Someone yelled at me once, 'You never write about yourself.' People used to get so mad at me for that. But my definition of myself is completely up for grabs. I'm everywhere, just like we all are. — Suzan-Lori Parks

An ironic religion
one that never claims to be absolutely true but only professes to be relatively beautiful, and never promises salvation but only proposes it as a salubrious idea. A century ago there were people who thought art was the thing that could fuse the terms of this seemingly insuperable oxymoron, and no doubt art is part of the formula. But maybe consumerism also has something to teach us about forging an ironic religion
a lesson about learning to choose, about learning the power and consequences, for good or ill, of our ever-expanding palette of choices. Perhaps ... the day will come when the true ironic religion is found, the day when humanity is filled with enough love and imagination and responsibility to become its own god and make a paradise of its world, a paradise of all the right choices. — Alex Shakar

I am so looking forward to it. I made sure I had a strong foundation before I became pregnant and I think that's the most important thing. There were a lot of things that I wanted to do personally so that when the time came, I really knew who I was and could be the best mother. — Beyonce Knowles

Leadership calculus: always choose to rise over run. — Ryan Lilly

I enjoy trying to figure out a way to deal with machines - they become like little buddies or something. It's almost the same way you might develop a relationship with a dog - maybe that's weird to say - but there becomes an understanding you reach after a while. — Panda Bear

At all times and under all circumstances, we have the power to transform the quality of our lives. — Werner Erhard

Pity the small backs of children, he heard her saying. They carry death for us the second they are born. — Lidia Yuknavitch

One or two is early enough for a person who lies till ten. — Emily Bronte

What path you choose is not important. How intensely you pursue that path is much more important — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

I believe the world benefits from American leadership. I believe this next century should be an American century. — Mitt Romney

We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go. — Eileen Collins