Reengagement Conference Quotes & Sayings

What was that World War I saying, "Trust the Lord and pass the ammo"? For me, trust the doctors and the Lord and pass the Velcade, Revlimid, dexamethasone. — Tom Brokaw

I never in my life argued with a piece of cake or a bowl of ice cream. — Ray Bradbury

'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song. — Sarah McLachlan

I think one of the most shocking things is how little our elected officials knew about what the NSA was doing. Congress is learning from the reporting and that's staggering. Snowden and [former NSA employee] William Binney, who's also in the film as a whistleblower from a different generation, are technical people who understand the dangers. — Laura Poitras

Lesbians have never been more popular. — David Letterman

Be attractive and winsome, but do not compromise your convictions for the sake of popularity. — Billy Graham

Express yourself, don't repress yourself. — Madonna Ciccone

His anguished mind writhed with contradictions. He was a man of parts and halfs, in a time of wholes and absolutes. — Alexander Rose

Respect your body, and look forward to feeling healthy and clean. Your body deserves better than laboratory-made sweetness. — Damon Gameau

So while I can't tell you if bringing a child into this world is the morally-responsible to do, I can say that the future, much like the present, is going to be a whole lot better than you think. — Peter Diamandis

I am the dangerous daughter, thigh-stroking, soft-tongued lover, the pit, the well, and the well of horniness, laughter rolling up out of me like gravy boiling over the edge of a pan. I become the romantic, the mystic, the one without shame, rocking myself on the hip of a rock, a woman as sharp as coral. I make in my mind the muscle that endures, tame rage and hunger to spirit and blood. I become the rock. I become the knife. I am myself the mystery. The me that will be waits for me. If I cannot dream myself new, how will I find my true self? — Dorothy Allison

To get where you want to be, you must first know where you are. — Deborah Day

Self-doubt is common when our efforts fail to bring results. Failure is a rock in our shoe that nags us until we find relief. At first, failure to achieve our desired end will elicit careful scrutiny (What can I do better?) and resumed commitment (How can I try harder?). Success may be achieved - straight As, an athletic scholarship, perfect Sunday school attendance - but the real goal - a happy family, an end to the abuse, or relief from the pain - is always out of reach. — Dan B. Allender

I found myself both touched and irritated by the discovery that she was vulnerable. — Francoise Sagan

I was genuinely in love with Mme. de Guermantes. The greatest happiness that I could have asked of God would have been that He should overwhelm her under every imaginable calamity, and that ruined, despised, stripped of all the privileges that divided her from me, having no longer any home of her own or people who would condescend to speak to her, she should come to me for refuge. I imagined her doing so. — Marcel Proust