Ripper Roo Quotes & Sayings

He had loads of colleagues, acquaintances, buddies. He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much. — Louise Penny

I am too fond of reading books to care to write them. — Oscar Wilde

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us. — Vivien Greene

Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, — Anonymous

I am afraid, ... that health begins, after seventy, and often long before, to have a meaning different from that which it had at thirty. But it is culpable to murmur at the established order of the creation, as it is vain to oppose it. He that lives, must grow old; and he that would rather grow old than die, has God to thank for the infirmities of old age. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Oh, cruel abandonment! My bones turn to dust beneath the gaze of your ever-mocking smile! — Gene Luen Yang

I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened, I was so broken up. After that, I decided to seek God for my life and my next marriage. — Ricky Skaggs

I would have to say that my divorce was an incredibly difficult experience in my life, but I am truly thankful for it. It made me a stronger and better person. — Sebastian Roche

Success is won by those who believe in winning & then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many prepare? That is the big difference. A sound value system held water then, holds water today, and will hold water in the future. — Herb Brooks

Professor Khupe felt his chest swell with pride. It was doing so without his encouragement. If an electrical fault had stopped the elevator from rising, his inflating ego would have powered the remainder of their journey to the twenty-second floor. — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache ... unless you play golf. — Gene Perret

There's nothing quite like a World Cup. — Michael Owen

I would rather obey than work miracles. — Martin Luther

A man who can do everything fully consciously becomes a luminous phenomenon. He is all light, and his whole life is full of fragrance and flowers. The mechanical man lives in dark holes, dirty holes. He does not know the world of light; he is like a blind man. The man of watchfulness is really the man who has eyes. — Rajneesh