Pietschmanni Quotes & Sayings

DDT stood for Dangerous Darrell Thomas. Thomas had given himself the name when he was riding with a motorcycle club and was interviewed for a public radio magazine. The magazine writer got it wrong, though, and referred to him as TDT--Terrible Darrell Thompson--which lost something of its intent when expressed as initials; and since the writer got the last name wrong, too, Thomas never again trusted the media. — John Sandford

It would take me the better part of growing up to understand that intimacy, more than sex or even sexual orientation, was the universal battleground, and no easier for straight than gay. — Paul Monette

A holy life is in itself a wonderful power, and will make up for many deficiencies; it is in fact the best sermon a man can ever deliver. — Charles Spurgeon

The environment changed with Martha Stewart and Enron. — Steve Martin

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world. — Giorgio Armani

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art. — Naguib Mahfouz

It is a protest against the way the world has worked. (explanation of Bolshevism) — Woodrow Wilson

The only organized political party with a Christian vision of morality is the Libertarian Party. — Walter E. Williams

In another sense he is "being itself," in that he is the inexhaustible source of all reality, the absolute upon which the contingent is always utterly dependent, the unity and simplicity that underlies and sustains the diversity of finite and composite things. — David Bentley Hart

The sea-road is good for wanderers and landless men. There is quenching of thirst on the grey paths of the winds, and the flying clouds to still the sting of lost dreams. — Robert E. Howard

I believe in saints as I believe in sanctity. I believe in miracles as I believe in God, who can suspend the laws of His own making. But I believe, too, that the hand of God writes plainly and simply, for all men of good will to read. I am doubtful of His presence in confusion and conflicting voices. — Morris L. West

We all, everyone one of us, carry a star inside our chests ... Light and darkness are always side-by-side. If you show even the slightest fear or tears to the darkness, it will immediately swell and come attacking, and swallow up the light. Serenity, in order to defeat the darkness and dark souls, you must keep the star inside your chest burning brightly at all times. That is your most important charge. — Naoko Takeuchi