P Rov V Uka Quotes & Sayings

I never write fewer than sixteen headlines for a single advertisement. — David Ogilvy

The artist (I suppose) usually pays for the privilege by some sort of partial insomnia, by the possession of one faculty that will not be controlled nor put to sleep. In a poet this must often be the visual imagination, bringing before his eyes a succession of images which he never summoned, and of which some (it is only too likely) will be ugly or pitiful. — Mary Lascelles

Every moment we have is one more moment that can't be taken from us. — Sara Raasch

Children really brighten up a household. They never turn the lights off. — Ralph Wycherley

say that "prayer changes things" is not as close to the truth as saying, "Prayer changes me and then I change things." God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things. Prayer is not a matter of changing things externally, but one of working miracles in a person's inner nature. — Oswald Chambers

Then one last thought tugs at me, so I turn back.
"So why did you name me Tamsin?" I ask. "You always promised to tell me later. Even though, technically, it's earlier."
My grandmother's smile flickers, deepens.
"It's how you introduced yourself to me tonight. I just assumed that's what you wanted to be named. — Carolyn MacCullough

If you haven't had your life what have you had? — Henry James

At 40, I went to bed for three days. I thought my life is over. — William Shatner

We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities. — William P. Leahy

Girls are the only ones who can really give each other close attention, the kind we equate with being loved. They noticed what we want noticed. — Emma Cline

I think it came from being a ruling class, from never being able to show weakness to the people they have conquered - to people like us. It gave them a sense of unyielding authority. — Peter Cunningham

My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages. — Roger Bannister

When you are not feeling particularly friendly but know you ought to be, the best thing you can do, very often, is to put on a friendly manner and behave as if you were a nicer person than you actually are. And in a few minutes, as we have all noticed, you will be really feeling friendlier than you were. — C.S. Lewis