Persley Ponte Quotes & Sayings

The phenomenon of dreaming ... helped to build up the notion of an unreal or spiritual world; and in general, all the conditions of savage dawn-life so strongly conduced toward a feeling of the supernatural, that we need not wonder at the thoroughness with which man's very hereditary essence has become saturated with religion and superstition. — H.P. Lovecraft

There's one thing you can't download and that's a live performance. And I know how to put on a show, and enjoy performing, and I'll always have that. — Madonna Ciccone

I'm real excited about being on CBS and hosting this show. I have been studying all of the great CBS shows. I think I'm prepared, so if you're ready, let's have the first item up for bids. — Ray Combs

To be able to play and get loads of people together is really cool. — Colin Greenwood

Many wild foods have their charms, but the dearest one to my heart - my favorite fruit in the whole world - is the thimbleberry. Imagine the sweetest strawberry you've ever tasted, crossed with the tartest raspberry you've ever eaten. Give in the texture of silk velvet and make it melt to sweet juice the moment it hints your tongue. Shape it like the age-old sewing accessory that gives the fruit its name, and make it just big enough to cup a dainty fingertip. That delicious jewel of a fruit is a thimbleberry. They're too fragile to ship and too perishable to store, so they are one of those few precious things in life that can't be commoditized, and for me they always symbolize the essence of grabbing joy while I can. When it rains in thimbleberry season, the delicate berries get so damp that even the gentlest pressure crushes them, so instead of bringing them home as mush, I lick each one of my fingers as soon as it is picked. These sweet berries are treasure beyond price... — Sarah A. Chrisman

What matters most is not what I think I am or am not. What matters is what my Father sees in me and what He says about me. — Steven Furtick

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone! — Mary Wortley Montagu

Thanks to modern medicine we are no longer forced to endure prolonged pain, disease, discomfort and wealth. — Robert Orben

The love we give away is the only love we keep. — Elbert Hubbard

He had not been tossed aside by time, but lost in it. — Gina Marinello-Sweeney

As an actor, I'll play anything. — Michael Caine

The surest thing in the world is not death and taxes, it's death and eternity. Yet, we're so unconcerned. — Leonard Ravenhill

I had so much fun in early days learning about networking, security, scalability and other geeky stuff. — Jan Koum

And the Slytherins don't need a spy, Oliver," said George. "What makes you say that?" said Wood testily. "Because they're here in person," said George, pointing. — J.K. Rowling