Reducirana Quotes & Sayings

Jesus gave a vivid object lesson his last night with the disciples by washing their feet, like a servant. Parents know the self-giving principle by instinct as they pour their energies into their self-absorbed children. Volunteers in soup kitchens and hospices and mission projects learn this lesson by doing.* What seems like sacrifice becomes instead a kind of nourishment because dispensing grace enriches the giver as well as the receiver. — Philip Yancey

Ave! Duci novo, similis duci seneci",' murmured Mr Slant, drily as only a zombie can manage. 'Or, as we used to say at school, "Ave! Bossa nova, similis bossa seneca!"' He gave a little schoolmasterly laugh. He felt at home with dead languages. 'Of course, grammatically that is completely - ' 'And that means . . . ?' said Madam. 'Here comes the new boss, same as the old boss,' muttered Dr Follett. — Terry Pratchett

I do not tell her about how much I look forward to going to the Wright barn. How those couple of hours in his studio feel like an escape, a refuge. Nor do I tell Rachel that I think Damian has the most beautiful hands I've ever seen, that he walks like a cat, that he has the clearest eyes, which seem able to see absolutely everything about me. That he seems to be the loneliest person I've ever met, and it breaks my heart. All of these things feel private. Precious. And I don't want to share them with Rachel. Not yet, anyway. — Lisa Ann Sandell

The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom. — Julian Lincoln Simon

My fame will outshine that of Victor Hugo or Napoleon. — Raymond Roussel

Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies, Let them live upon their praises. — William Wordsworth

If I'm being forgiving of myself, I could say I'm somebody who was really hungry for experiences. The same thing that would make me go try to be a trail cook on a ranch was the same thing that would make me want to have sex with a couple cowboys while I was there. — Elizabeth Gilbert

If you stare at an object, as you do when you paint, there is no point at which you stop learning things from it. — Wayne Thiebaud

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world. — James Earl Jones

Containing several hundred languages, among them several world languages, the Indo-European language family is the language family with the most speakers world-wide. — Soren Eberhardt

My interest in biology was pretty much always on the philosophical side. — Richard Dawkins

I sense a kind of fear of writing black or Asian characters from non-ethnic writers, who perhaps feel that they don't know the culture and therefore can't write about it. By and large, if there's an Asian character, I might get a call. But if the character is called 'Philip,' the chances are I won't. — Sanjeev Bhaskar

Fate and destiny go hand in hand. It is impossible to change our destiny. Only the path upon which we walk to reach our destination alters. If we should stray from that path, fate will take control and guide us in the right direction. — J.A. Belfield

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. — Laurell K. Hamilton