Oratorical Interpretation Quotes & Sayings

I wanted to play in the NBA, I wanted to play sports, I wanted to do all this. And I have. I think I am becoming a man. — Blake Griffin

I'm way bigger than people think I am. I'm way bigger. I've been underrated all my life, and that's fine. I have privacy. I can walk the street without being hassled. I can be a regular guy. The price to give that up is so horrible. When you become a part of the hysteria - it's not completely in my hands - you have to hide. — Rutger Hauer

Maybe we've been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf. — Hal Clement

Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best. — Karen Blixen

Success is always something that you have to recover from. — Marsha Norman

Whether it's on the streets of Philadelphia or New York or Chicago or Atlanta or in a classroom in Newtown, Connecticut, people want to be safe. — Michael Nutter

It was like playing checkers, only to learn that your opponent was playing chess all along. — Barry Lyga

If you can influence the outcome, do the work.
If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction. — Seth Godin

A new study has found that watching Fox News can make you more conservative and watching MSNBC can make you more liberal. And watching CNN can make you think that no plane has ever safely reached its destination. — Conan O'Brien

And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself? — Rumi

For one thing we may be grateful: this life is not eternal. — Swami Vivekananda

It is very interesting how the human mind works. We have the need to justify everything, to explain and understand everything, in order to feel safe. We have millions of questions that need answers because there are so many things that the reasoning mind cannot explain. It is not important if the answer is correct; just the answer itself makes us feel safe. This is why we make assumptions ... We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions ... We have agreed that it is not safe to ask questions; we have agreed that if people love us, they should know what we want or how we feel. When we believe something, we assume we are right about it to the point that we will destroy relationships in order to defend our position. — Miguel Ruiz