Pontanos Quotes & Sayings

An affirmation states that a goal is already happening. I'm not crazy about this because, often when we affirm something that is not yet real, the little voice in our head usually responds with This isn't true, this is BS ... On the other hand, a declaration is not saying something is true, it's saying we have an intention of doing or being something. This is a position the little voice can buy, because we're not stating it's true right now, but again, it's an intention for us ion the future. — T. Harv Eker

Defense is something I take pride in. I feel it's just as important as offense. They should have RBIs for defensive plays. — Derrek Lee

Rivers of wrinkles flowing down from the corners of this eyes and mouth. — Stephen King

But it's my reading of human nature that a man will cheat in his trade, but not in his hobby. — G.K. Chesterton

Something I've always written about is social expectations: that the eyes of the community are on you all the time, expecting you to line up with certain social norms, certain behaviours. Whenever you forgot about them, they'd be strongly reiterated to you, in no uncertain terms. — Lynn Coady

MAN is a slave only to his own mental lethargy. — Mina Loy

People are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren't getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope ... with all of their might. — Stephen R. Covey

Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success. — Ludwig Von Mises

Years later, as a professor, Martin would try to find the words to articulate the power of togetherness in a world where togetherness had been corrupted -- and to explore the effect of the music, the surprising lengths the people had gone to to hear it and to play it, as evidence that music, and art in general, are basic requirements of the human soul. Not a luxury but a compulsion. He will think of it every time he goes to a museum or a concert or a play with a long line of people waiting to get inside. — Jessica Shattuck

The more dysfunctional, the more some family members seek to control the behavior of others. — David W. Earle

People don't talk enough about what the freedom of a Christian looks like. — Nadia Bolz-Weber

Ruxs woke up feeling loved and sorer than he'd ever been in his life. He'd been thrown from two story windows, wrestled with five men at once, even been thrown from a speeding car, but nothing compared to the feel of your ass being fucked by a man that was heavily muscled and well endowed. He noticed he was in bed alone, but he smiled because he could smell the scent of cinnamon buns. Ruxs turned on his side, groaning at the aches. But damn if his man didn't make him soar. He'd never felt that good before, never been that aroused or come so hard. He — A.E. Via

The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don't have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion. — Rick Santorum

How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelette? — George Carlin