Preliminaries Synonym Quotes & Sayings

I would describe myself as a writer that hopes to take you into my world and help you feel a little safer. — John Waters

Aum is the most powerful of all mantras. It is good to chant Aum seven or more times before and after each meditation. Chanting "Aum" puts you in harmony with the vibration of Eternity. "Aum" opens the gateway to the infinite highway of light. — Frederick Lenz

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about yourself. — Douglas Coupland

Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking. — Mahalia Jackson

There's a lot of gimmick infringement out there, but that's cool. It's a compliment. But it all started right when I first came into the Garden. I came down to 'Eye of the Tiger' and when I hit the ring with the Sheik, I just put my hand up to my ear by accident, and the crowd got louder. I was like 'Oh, that works.' — Hulk Hogan

All I need is one mic
One beat, one stage
One ni%$a frontin' my face on the front page
Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib
One god to show me how to do things his son did. — Nas

I have considered myself a mature actor. — DeForest Kelley

Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often. — Patricia Marx

What do you need, Josh? Just name it. Anything. I'm totally here for you.

I knew I could count on you, Hudson. The thing is... I don't know if I'm a good kisser. It's not the sort of thing you can figure out on your own, you know? So I was thinking, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, maybe you could kiss me, everyday for a year, and then you can...

"Hudson? — Sarah Ockler

A nightmare this might be, yet it was no dream. — George R R Martin

I'm sorry," says Linus.
"Don't be sorry," I say, almost aggressively. "You didn't say anything."
Which is true. He didn't say anything. He stopped mid-sentence.
Except that stopping mid-sentence is the worst thing people can do. It's, like, partially aggressive, because you can't take issue with anything they've said. You have to take issue with what you think they were going to say.
Which they then deny. — Sophie Kinsella

Of all my books, I find only a few indispensible. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Every rock is spoon by the Word. Every time I touch a stone, I am touching the Voice of God. Every cell of me is crafted by that artistry. My life is His breath. But we mortals grow numb. We want to feel more. And so we add MSG to our earthly brands of holiness. — N.D. Wilson

The border means more than a customs house, a passport officer, a man with a gun. Over there everything is going to be different; life is never going to be quite the same again after your passport has been stamped. — Graham Greene

The Holy Ghost is no temporary gift, He abides with the saints. We have but to seek Him aright, and He will be found of us. He is jealous, but He is pitiful; if He leaves in anger, He returns in mercy. Condescending and tender, He does not weary of us, but awaits to be gracious still. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon