Rokr Quotes & Sayings

Homer then has the bard - a blind man whose name is Demodocus, which means "popular with the people" - say something that drives far into the center of what Homer means and why Homer matters: "The gods did this and spun the destruction of people / For the sake of the singing of men hereafter." The song, this poem, this story, is the divine — Adam Nicolson

Many existing top 20 Scottish writers have flourished in part because of good turns done by institutions, arts community, libraries and bookshops. — Sara Sheridan

Our lives of "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control" (Gal. 5:22, 23). There is no longer the tiring need to hide our inner selves from others. We do not have to work hard at being good and kind; we are good and kind. To refrain from being good and kind would be the hard work because goodness and kindness are part of our nature. — Richard J. Foster

The world of law was filled with the fallen, but theater wasn't. No one ever "fell back" onto theater. You had to really, really want it. — Meg Wolitzer

It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest. — Michael Scheuer

Aspire for excellence.
Hope for fortune.
Yearn for wisdom.
Strive for goodness.
Contend for love. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general rule. — John Simm

I want to make the audience laugh and cry within ten seconds, to show just how close those emotions are. — Simon Neil

Amidst his chaotic thoughts, Ellis thought of Clairey's face, and he clung to that image. He conjured the radiant glow of her eyes when she was pleased with something, and the small, bashful smile that was fleeting but infinitely more priceless because of its rarity. Clairey's memory was the light that came on the heels of a black and starless night. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever known. It was more than her looks that drew him to this conclusion; it was her kindness, her strength, her spirit. Somehow, the thought of her tethered him to sanity. — Tracy Winegar

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees. — Charles Bent

Then it was you who wounded Aravis?"
"It was I."
"But what for?"
"Child," said the Voice, "I am telling you your story, not hers. I tell no one any story but his own. — C.S. Lewis

Did you know I was born in a Holiday Inn. — Bret Easton Ellis

SLVR, as a 'sexier' looking device, will do better for Motorola than the ROKR. — Phil Taylor

The soul is the perceiver and the revealer of truth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

He has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places. — Collette West

Now go and stake some vamps. Especially the sparkly emo ones. — Kevin Hearne