Paciotti Quotes & Sayings

Raised in the Episcopal church, I was once removed from my pew, at age six, because I could not control my weeping. Unbeknownst to anyone, I had been staring at a terrible, glorious stained-glass window of the crucifixion and grieving for the pain Christ must have endured. The arresting mosaic of that forlorn image etched itself indelibly upon me. And yet at some point, I became emotionally and empathically detached. — William Stillman

Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there. — J. J. Watt

Staring us in the face is the desperate plight of the poor. We don't need statistics to tell us that. They are flesh and blood people like ourselves, often out of work, forced out of rented premises, without money and without food. — Eva Burrows

It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity. — Rowan Williams

Returning to the source is serenity. — Laozi

But what was the desire of the flesh beside the desire of the mind? — Helen Waddell

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. — Kahlil Gibran

I'm grateful for my family: that's what defines me; that's what makes me whole. — Jane Clayson

I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on an elevator? — Victor Borge

I'll wheel you into the kitchen, Katy,' said Clover. 'I can wheel myself,' I said. 'So what have you two been up to? — Jacqueline Wilson

I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression. — Gary Vaynerchuk

Never open a can of worms unless you plan to go fishing. — John C. Maxwell

The day was when I did not keep myself in readiness for thee; and entering my heart unbidden even as one of the common crowd, unknown to me, my king, thou didst press the signet of eternity upon many a fleeting moment of my life.

And today when by chance I light upon them and see thy signature, I find they have lain scattered in the dust mixed with the memory of joys and sorrows of my trivial days forgotten.

Thou didst not turn in contempt from my childish play among dust, and the steps that I heard in my playroom are the same that are echoing from star to star. — Rabindranath Tagore

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today. — Novak Djokovic

I think we've all worked with that person at the office who takes themselves and their job so seriously. — Angela Kinsey