Parrott Quotes & Sayings

Philosophers, especially metaphysicians, explore features of reality and of our mental life that are different from those explored by scientists. — L.A. Paul

This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them. — Ayn Rand

The only problem is whether one adds life to one's years or years to one's life. — Ursula Parrott

An ex-wife is a woman with a crick in the neck from looking back over her shoulder at her matrimony. — Ursula Parrott

But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure. — Lake Bell

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's. — Ice-T

There are as many minds as there are heads, so there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts. Leo Tolstoy — Les And Leslie Parrott

Why do you say 'no offense' when you're planning to offend me? — Kami Garcia

The higher one's level of helpfulness to others, the greater wellbeing one will experience. — Les Parrott

To provide leadership to those who can't see over the horizon, leaders need to assure others of what the future is likely to hold. — Roger Parrott

Coolidge is the best living demonstration that, if you keep silent long enough, something fortunate may happen to you. — Ursula Parrott

If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter. — Anita Diamant

Backstabbing occurs when a friend agrees with you when the two of you are alone but later sides with your opponents in a social setting. — Les Parrott

Marriage is like war - an experience that no adventurous man would evade, and no sensible man repeat. — Ursula Parrott

For Dylan, it seems, life is always the next gig. Changing pace and location are essential to his survival as an artist. — Douglas Brinkley

There's a word for people you hate, but not enough to let them die...

...Family — Ryan Parrott

Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom. — Helen Keller

I can buy baseball cards to view an entire career on the back of a little square of cardboard. But nobody sells major league father cards with key statistics on the back ("Had a great season in 2005: set career highs in unforced expressions of affection and averaged 87 minutes of quality time per day.") — John Ortberg Jr.

If you get into the habit of using the Heading 1 style for your manuscript Chapters, you won't have to manually correct all the — Suzanne Fyhrie Parrott

Backstabbers specialize in saying the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong person. — Les Parrott

Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional need for certitude. — Robert Anton Wilson

I write books to influence people I will never meet. Books increase my audience and my message. — Les Parrott

Here's Doc Osborne, first Democratic governor. A lynch mob hung Big Nose George Parrott back in the 1870s. Doc got the body, skinned it, tanned the hide, made himself a medical bag and a pair a shoes. Wore the shoes to his inauguration. They don't make Democrats like that anymore. — Annie Proulx

A simple life freely given in love can transcend the boundaries of place and time, stretching across oceans and extending beyond continents and decades. — Leslie Parrott

An enduring marriage requires possibility thinking, elasticity, and resilience. It needs continual attention and adaptation. It requires a shift in interest as our partner's interest's shift. Marriage, to remain good, involves a lifelong project of adjusting and readjusting our attitudes. For this is the only path to finding positive options to our most perplexing circumstances. — Leslie Parrott

The sun only shines, just as God only loves. It is the nature of the sun to shine, to offer warmth and light. And it is the nature of God to love. We are free to get away from the sun, we can lock ourselves in a dark room, but we do not keep the sun from shining just because we put ourselves in a place where it cannot reach us. So it is with God's love. We can reject it, but God keeps on loving us. No matter what our choices, God still loves. And because God loves us, a relationship with God is possible. — Les Parrott III

This is where I live - somewhere between the wasteland and the rain. — Leslie Parrott

You know that you have been stabbed when you feel the deep pain of betrayal. — Les Parrott

Your spirit does not shine when the sun shines and your life is comfortable. It shines when darkness swallows you and you cannot breathe for the strangle of fear. That's when what was invisible becomes undeniable. — Toni Sorenson

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. G. K. Chesterton — Leslie Parrott

Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary. — Ursula Parrott