Porterville Recorder Quotes & Sayings

I've been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was black. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Animals are my friends ... and I don't eat my friends. — George Bernard Shaw

Thinking beings have an urge to speak, speaking beings have an urge to think. — Hannah Arendt

Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for — Oprah Winfrey

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love. — Sigmund Freud

Aam AAM, noun [Chaldee for a cubit, a measure containing 5 or 6 palms.] A measure of liquids among the Dutch equal to 288 English pints. — Noah Webster

A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels. — David Chipperfield

To be wicked does not insure prosperity - for the inn did not succeed well. — Victor Hugo

It was a room just for music.
I realized I couldn't remember the last time I'd sung.
I couldn't remember the last time I'd missed it.
I touched the edge of the piano; the smooth finish was cold beneath my fingertips. Somehow, right now, with the chill evening pressing in against the windows, waiting to change my skin, I was more human than I had been in a long time. — Maggie Stiefvater

The more expensive and/or exclusive a sport, the whiter it tends to be: the fact almost has the force of a law. That is the main reason why the Rugby World Cup, the Pacific islands excepted, was so desperately white, the Springboks included. — Martin Jacques

If you've ever taught a Sunday school class, led a small group, or taught a Bible study, you know there's a lot more behind these words than what appears on the surface.
You know that you don't just get up before a group and teach the Word of God with power and effectiveness apart from a lot of time spent in preparation-not just preparation of the notes and the material, but preperation of your heart and life. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss

There are times when you need to step back and realize that movie studios today are not necessarily the same things that they were many years ago. Many movie studios are international conglomerates now. They own everything from theme parks to toy companies to T-shirt companies to video companies. There's a lot of different wheels to be greased. — Michael Uslan

Coaching is not a natural way of life. Your victories and losses are too clear cut. — Tommy Prothro