Oppsal Quotes & Sayings

If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them. — Pele

When people watch me on TV they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind the scenes. The child who was a concert violinist from the age of six. The young woman who took on the challenge to compete in the Miss America pageant. The television journalist for twenty-five years. The mother of two who, just like most women, struggles to balance work and family. — Gretchen Carlson

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be. — Winston Churchill

I appreciate Eight is Enough. It made me recognizable. — Dick Van Patten

Long ago it took a Copernicus to tell a provincial world that this planet was not the center of the universe. Some selfish moderns need a Copernican reminder that they are not the center of the universe either! — Neal A. Maxwell

Do not try to be pretty. You were not meant to be pretty; you were meant to burn down the earth and graffiti the sky. Don't let anyone ever simplify you to just 'pretty'. — Anonymous

It is a very difficult thing, to love another.
To some it comes easily, naturally even. Whilst for others, the road to such things is long and arduous and fraught with danger. — Ross Turner

And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Nybakk's shotgun in Oppsal was the easier option. Furthermore, a shotgun gave him more room to maneuver. To retrieve the rifle — Jo Nesbo

Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God. — Pope John Paul II

In the sounds of the night Aria heard footsteps, far off and faint, but she recognized them instantly.
She shot into the darkness, letting her ears guide her. She followed the crunch of his feet on stones and small twigs, coming faster, louder, as his walk became a jog, then a run. She chased the sounds until all she heard was his heartbeat and then his breath and his voice, right by her ear, telling her, in tones as warm as fire, exactly the words she wanted to hear. — Veronica Rossi