Rouling Quotes & Sayings

The word nepotism comes, in fact, from nipote, Italian for nephew. — Ross King

How did you come to be a Christian? I sought the Lord. But how did you come to seek the Lord? The truth flashed across my mind in a moment - I should not have sought Him unless there had been some previous influence in my mind to make me seek Him. I prayed, thought I, but then I asked myself, How came I to pray? I was induced to pray by reading the Scriptures. How came I to read the Scriptures? I did read them, but what led me to do so? Then, in a moment, I saw that God was at the bottom of it all, and that He was the Author of my faith, — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth. — Hosea Ballou

The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness — Pope Benedict XVI

Chain Of Pearls
Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck
with my tears of sorrow.
The stars have wrought their anklets of light to deck thy feet,
but mine will hang upon thy breast.
Wealth and fame come from thee
and it is for thee to give or to withhold them.
But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own,
and when I bring it to thee as my offering
thou rewardest me with thy grace. — Rabindranath Tagore

One percent of people will always be honest and never steal," the locksmith said. "Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. And the rest will be honest as long as the conditions are right - but if they are tempted enough, they'll be dishonest too. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. They will only protect you from the mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock". — Dan Ariely

Truly great images make all the other millions of images you look at unimportant. You gotta look at an image and understand it in a nanosecond. — George Lois

I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line. — Robert Kirkman

Sometimes I'll be driving and a lyric will come into my head, and I will have to pull over and record it on my phone. — Lil' Kim

I have a sofa on which I never nap, big windows with an ocean view that I rarely see because I keep the pleated shades down at all times while working. I know I'm a potential slacker, so I don't tempt myself. — Dean Koontz

Everyone's moving on without me, into a world I don't understand. — Sophie Kinsella

She was holding her breath, waiting to start living. — Linda Howard

Self-discipline is the ability to organize your behavior over time in the service of specific goals. — Nathaniel Branden

We've spent too much on how to destroy and blow up things with the military and too little on our health care, and too little on education, and it goes on. — Eleanor Smeal

I never plan to stop acting, I take it very seriously. — Drake