Rock Brynner Quotes & Sayings

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. — Dogen

He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful. — Laozi

Again, keep everything. — Nedra Reynolds

His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers. — Chuck Palahniuk

The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am ... and that's what it's about. — Nana Visitor

Nothing is more destructive of individual character than for a man to lose all faith in his own abilities for the prosecution of his work. — Johann Gottlieb Fichte

The Bible says he was raised not just after the blood-shedding, but by it. This means that what the death of Christ accomplished was so full and so prefect that the resurrection was the reward and vindication of Christ's achievement in death. — John Piper

He had never thought the question over clearly, but vaguely imagined that his wife had long suspected him of being unfaithful to her and was looking the other way. It even seemed to him that she, a worn-out, aged, no longer beautiful woman, not remarkable for anything, simple, merely a kind mother of a family, ought in all fairness to be indulgent. It turned out to be quite the opposite. — Leo Tolstoy

Now while they were thus drawing towards the gate, behold, a company of the heavenly host came to meet them; to whom it was said by the other two Shining Ones, These are the men that have loved our Lord when they were in the world, and that have left all for his holy name; and he hath sent us to fetch them, and we have brought them thus far on their desired journey, that they may go in and look their Redeemer in the face with joy. Then the heavenly host gave a great shout, saying, 'Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' — John Bunyan

[W]e are prone to forget that the planet may be measured by man, but not according to man. — Eduard Suess

Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States. — George Mikes

Say that Congress legislates gasoline price controls that sets a maximum price of $1 a gallon. As sure as night follows day, there'd be long lines and gasoline shortages, just as there were in the 1970s. For the average consumer, a $1.60 a gallon selling price and no waiting lines is a darn sight cheaper than a controlled $1 a gallon price plus searching for a gasoline station that has gas and then waiting in line. If your average purchase is 10 gallons, and if an hour or so of your time is worth more that $6, the $1.60 a gallon free market price is cheaper. — Walter E. Williams

Truthfully we were alone only in the ways Westerners speak of being alone in Africa, as if the few hundred locals by whom they are almost always surrounded are part of the landscape, instead of part of humanity. — Alexandra Fuller

The sixth member of the crew cared for none of these things, for it was not human. It was the highly advanced HAL 9000 computer, the brain and nervous system of the ship. — Arthur C. Clarke

As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands? — Thomas Beecham