Realie Quotes & Sayings

There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet. — Matt Haig

The petty cares, the minute anxieties, the infinite littles which go to make up the sum of human experience, like the invisible granules of powder, give the last and highest polish to a character. — William Matthews

They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences. — Carol Leifer

Money talks, bullshit walks. First and foremost the magazine had to pay its way. — David Lagercrantz

I hate to lose. Sometimes, I let my emotions get out of control. — Ed Belfour

Everybody was a potential assailant; nobody spoke to one another for fear of being misinterpreted; nobody comforted another, put an arm around a shoulder-to do so would be to invite accusation. — Alexander McCall Smith

Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you"; "It is easier to be critical than correct"- avoid criticism about other officers, and never vent destructive criticism of your service, your unit, or your superiors. — Kenneth W. Estes

When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you. — Don Lemon

An adult who does not understand that a child needs to use his hands and does not recognize this as the first manifestation of an instinct for work can be an obstacle to the child's development — Maria Montessori

And some soon will learn that even an ember in the ashes can still ignite a great blaze. — George R R Martin

I can't imagine how people will react to my music. For me, it's a really fluid process from one record to the next, but it's really up to the listener. — Jenny Lewis

You make a really compelling argument. Join me or get walled up alive with a corpse? You should be a politician. — Sarah Rees Brennan

They aren't heroes because you wave your big veiny wand. They're heroes when they save the world from itself — Damon Suede

Look, in particular, at the people who, like you, are making average incomes for doing average jobs- bank vice presidents, insurance salesmen, auditors, secretaries of defense- and you'll realie they all dress the same way, essentially the way the mannequins in the Sears menswear department dress. Now look at the real successes, the people who make a lot more money than you- Elton John, Captain Kangaroo, anybody from Saudi Arabia, Big Bird, and so on. They all dress funny- and they all succeed. — Dave Barry

Let's not overlook that eating the Lord's Supper with God's people is a kind of preaching that is also meant to feed the joy of Christ's people. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes" (1 Cor. 11:26). The death and resurrection of Christ are being — John Piper

All death in nature is birth, and at the moment of death appears visibly the rising of life. There is no dying principle in nature, for nature throughout is unmixed life, which, concealed behind the old, begins again and develops itself. Death as well as birth is simply in itself, in order to present itself ever more brightly and more like to itself. — Johann Gottlieb Fichte