Phitone Quotes & Sayings

As a pastor our main ministry is exhortation. — Johnny Hunt

When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas. Eventually, that process of using my voice to bring ideas across became more complicated, and I felt I could use it more as an expressive tool. — M. Ward

Kaladin followed [Shallan]. What else could he do? Explain to Adolin? Yes, princeling. I let your betrothed wander off alone in the darkness to get eaten by a chasmfiend. No, I didn't go with her. Yes, I'm a coward. — Brandon Sanderson

Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity. — Pope Francis

There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness. — George R R Martin

We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, and intellectually. We need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves. — C.S. Lewis

I have to be a teacher to my daughters. — Carnie Wilson

A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price. — Robert A. Heinlein

By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, I washed dishes for a living. I had no high-school diploma, I had no agent, and my literary successes were non-existent ... but it was the only thing I ever wanted to do, so I did feel trapped. — Patrick DeWitt

I put the heart attack down to 66 cigarettes a day. — Nigel Lythgoe

These are my enticements, and they are sufficent to conquer all fear and danger or death ... with the induction of the joy of a child feels when embarks a little boat. — Mary Shelley

The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice. — Aristotle.

You sort of suspect if a book's fun to write, it will be fun to read. — Geraldine McCaughrean

I consider the opportunity to bear witness to the eloquent beauty of Baikida's music a distinct honor. Baikida Carroll is polarized; poised; at a matchless point between lyricism and fire. — Julius Hemphill