Roopers Quotes & Sayings

In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They were also poets who sang and entertained prince and pauper. — F. Sionil Jose

Name me no names for my disease,
With uninforming breath;
I tell you I am none of these,
But homesick unto death - Homesick for hills that I had known,
For brooks that I had crossed,
... Before I met this flesh and bone
And followed and was lost ... .And though they break my heart at last,
Yet name no name of ills.
Say only, Here is where he passed,
Seeking again those hills. — Witter Bynner

A sacred space is not a place to hide out. It is a place where we recognize ourselves and our commitments. — Sherry Turkle

According to the Buddhist tradition," he began, "there is no sort of conversion or missionary work. It is not good to ask someone to follow a different faith. Yet, because there are so many different mental dispositions, one religion simply cannot serve, cannot satisfy all people. — Rodger Kamenetz

Writing is alot like religion, you need to have faith. — L.A. Jones

I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays. — Andre Holland

My whole life changed after I drowned and died in the flood. — Kerry Alan Denney

Of this blest man, let his just praise be given,
Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven. — Izaak Walton

Ragon knelt in a bed of trampled reed grass and scanned the tracks — Christopher Paolini

Never Forget complexities and happiness are twin aspects of life.Live with them with love. — Rajesh Walecha

While I think it's very important that Marco Rubio and Senator [Ted] Cruz have contributed as senators ... there's no doubt in my mind that being a governor is far, far better preparation for the ultimate responsibility as president of the United States. — Tom Ridge

[A]s a species, we are very poor at programming. Our brains are built to understand other humans, not computers. We're terrible at forcing our minds into the precise modes of thought needed to interact with a computer, and we consistently make errors when we try. That's why computer science and programming degrees take such time and dedication to acquire: we are literally learning how to speak to an alien mind, of a kind that has not existed on Earth until very recently. — Stuart Armstrong

Greatness comes from understanding that which cannot be taught. — West

I love sitting at my desk and facing a quiet day with a pen in my hand, and putting myself into a story. It's kind of weird, isn't it? I mean, to absent myself from real life and make up stories is strange, but I started doing this when I was ten years old. It was all I wanted to do. — Philip Kerr

Daily Bible reading has always been a deep help for daily spiritual growth. But millions of Christians got bogged down and give up by the time they read Leviticus! However, reading 15 minutes a day from The One Year Bible gives you the entire Bible in a year of daily variety, interest, and growth in God. — Kenneth N. Taylor