Placidity Def Quotes & Sayings

There was no friend nigh to speak a comforting word to Jacob, no one to tell him he had in his sincere repentance done what he could. But God's eye was upon His servant. He sent His angels to reveal to him a ladder of brightness reaching from the earth to the highest heavens, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon this glorious ladder, which showed Jacob the connection and intercourse constantly going on between the two worlds. — Ellen G. White

Ledoux's face was pebbled with mosquito bites. Forget the Cutter's and that means every needle-nose bug in the woods spare-changing you for blood like cornerboy hustlers spotting a strung-out Kennedy trying to score on Seventh. Like you got plenty to give. — Daniel Woodrell

Something is wrong with Eminem. He has so much in his mind that I almost feel lucky that he has music. I feel like he has so much in his head that music is such a great release for him. He is one of my favorite artists. Absolutely. — Rihanna

A boat is the hardest think I know of to put into perspective. It is so much like a human figure, there is something alive about it. — Barry S. Strauss

A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money. — Lewis Hallam

The future is under no obligation to wait patiently while we get ready for it. — John Michael Greer

Surely it is one of the requisites of a tasteful garb that the expression of effort to please shall be wanting in it; that the mysteries of the toilet shall not be suggested by it; that the steps to its completion shall be knocked away like the sculptor's ladder from the statue, and the mental force expended upon it be swept away out of sight like the chips on the studio floor. — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

The 'Great Walk to Beijing' was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer 'thrivers,' including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons and Olympians. — Olivia Newton-John

Nothing in this life will ever make sense to me but I can't help but try to collect the change and hope it's enough to pay for our mistakes. — Tahereh Mafi

Follow your own passion - not your parents', not your teachers' - yours. — Robert Ballard

We wear our problems diffrently — Ned Vizzini

When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels. — Edward Dahlberg

Work is destiny. A man talks about the woman he loves, he might sound excited, but get him talking about his job, then check his eyes - that's the real him. A man is his job, kid, and I had no job, so I was a bum. A loser. America's a great place to be a winner, but it's hell's basement for losers. Three — J.R. Moehringer