Orourke Petro Quotes & Sayings

The age of heroes had truly passed, and Tisamenus could not be one even if he burned for it. A great bronze wall had been erected around those old heroes, it descended from the sky, and no one could lift it or trespass there. Each age bestowed its own glory, but the age of my grandson could not be the age of Menelaus. — Margaret George

TIP: Adding a splash of the wine you're drinking to the sauce can build a bridge between the food and the wine. — Andrew Dornenburg

Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them. — Tom Cruise

It was so important to him, and he made it important to me: poetry, and language, and how we use it to remind ourselves of how our lives should be lived . . . — Lois Lowry

I didn't have to see this big clock on the wall and worry. Most of the record I made was experimental. If you have a lot of time to do that you don't have to worry about the money, plus, I had no money. It was more out of necessity than choice. — Daniel Powter

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how important this work we're doing is. — John Dufresne

God is the only being who has time enough; but a prudent man, who knows how to seize occasion, can commonly make a shift to find as much as he needs. — James Russell Lowell

Numerical logistic is that which employs numbers; symbolic logistic that which uses symbols, as, say, the letters of the alphabet. — Francois Viete

It would only be in the cold gaze of hindsight that I would be able to comprehend that while in flight from pain, I became an agent of it. — Charles M. Blow

That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel. — Edward Burns

So much of nature as he is ignorant of,so much of his own mind does not yet posess — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Coalition forces have encountered serious violence in some areas of Iraq. Our military commanders report that this violence is being insticated by three groups. — George W. Bush

Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man? — John Ortberg