Phyllisha Allen Quotes & Sayings

Our problem is not that we desire happiness. No, our problem is that we continue to foolishly believe that we can attain it apart from him. We think that if we just try hard enough, the next time we'll get it right (whatever it is) and we'll be happy. Instead of pushing through to the true source of all joy and happiness, we sinfully believe the false promises of lesser gods. — Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

In one such shop I saw lots of books in the window. I was reminded that humans have to read books. They actually need to sit down and look at each word consecutively. And that takes time. Lots of time. A human can't just swallow every book going, can't chew different tomes simultaneously, or gulp down near-infinite knowledge in a matter of seconds. They can't just pop a word-capsule in their mouth like we can. Imagine! Being not only mortal but also forced to take some of that precious and limited time and read. No wonder they were a species of primitives. By the time they had read enough books to actually reach a state of knowledge where they can do anything with it they are dead. — Matt Haig

Words cannot be remote from reality when they create reality. — John Cowper Powys

What you don't realize as a kid is that if your parents are always going to be there for you, they aren't going to be somewhere else doing exciting and glamorous things. — Robert Breault

Line cooks are the heroes. — Anthony Bourdain

The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel. — John Lyly

Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint. — Monica Crowley

As we grown-ups talked and speculated, my five-year-old daughter looked intently out of the window. Suddenly she turned around and shouted, "Mommy, Mommy, he is not dead! Women are still wearing their scarves." I always associate Khomeini's death with Negar's simple pronouncement - for she was right: the day women did not wear the scarf in public would be the real day of his death and the end of his revolution. Until then, we would continue to live with him. — Azar Nafisi

You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great! — St. Catherine Of Siena

We live our lives by measures of weeks, months, years, but the creatures we truly are, those are exposed in fractions of moments. — Joshua Gaylord

My Ph.D. thesis problem was to determine if the DNA content of rat tissues increased if there was B12 in the diet. This problem was suggested by my adviser based on the observation that thymine could replace vitamin B12 in a lactobacillus. — Irwin Rose

Abram, the first Jew was actually an Iraqi. — Matt Chandler