Oveissi Rugs Quotes & Sayings

Poetry is not an assertion of truth, but the making of that truth more fully real to us. — T. S. Eliot

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet. — E. M. Forster

You live and let live, eventually that becomes enough. — Jodi Picoult

To be sensitive, as ideologically defined, requires that one not merely accept but "affirm" other people's way of life or even "celebrate" diversity in general. Like other demands for "sensitivity," this demand offers no reason - unless fear of being disapproved, denounced, or harassed is a reason. — Thomas Sowell

I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm. — Inga Muscio

Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat. — Laurence J. Peter

Life and death is like music. Life is the note. Death is the silence. Play your note well. — Robert G. Moons

The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common. — Craig Brown

When I start writing for the day, I usually read aloud the chapter I'm working on. It gets me into it and illuminates mistakes. I'm very rhythm conscious and I do enjoy repetition. — Jonathan Trigell

It had never occurred to me that what we call "God" could be experienced. For me, the word had referred to a being who might or might not exist, and in whom one could believe or disbelieve or about whom one could remain uncertain. But I realized there is a cloud of witnesses, Christian and non-Christian, for whom God, the sacred, is real, an element of experience, not a hypothetical being who may or may not exist and whom we can only believe in. For the first time in my life, I understood the affirmation that the earth is full of "the glory of God." Perhaps — Marcus J. Borg

I get the most gratification in life by feeling like I'm doing something purposeful and meaningful and makes a difference to other people, and that comes with its pros and cons. I've accepted this is the kind of person that I am, and this is the path I've chosen in life - and I'm stickin' with it. — Steve Grand

If anyone is getting industrious trying to enturbulate [sic] or stop Scientology or its activities, I can make Captain Bligh look like a Sunday-school teacher. There is probably no limit on what I would do to safeguard Man's only road to freedom against persons who ... seek to stop Scientology or hurt Scientologists. — L. Ron Hubbard

Enter my first neighbor - a woman who spoke in complete, coherent sentences, who ate with a knife and fork and who only cried at weddings. I couldn't help myself. In a dramatic gesture, I bolted the door and threw my body across it to prevent her exit. She understood. — Erma Bombeck

There are many people who live with terrorism every day. — Morena Baccarin