Sainton Quotes & Sayings

I have a hunch that our obsession with photography arises from an unspoken pessimism; it is our nature to believe the good things will not last ... But photos provide a false sense of security> like our flawed memory, they are guaranteed to fade ... We take photographs in order to remember, but it is in the nature of a photograph to forget (pg 157) — Michelle Richmond

Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free. — Watchman Nee

The simpler, the better. Complications lead to multiplicative chains of unanticipated effects. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The only thing scarier than death is the disappearance from youth. — Marc Spitz

And when you smile it can be very charming - the kind of charm a smart woman recognizes as highly dangerous. — Nora Roberts

I couldn't think of anything worse than hating your own music and having to play it every night. It would be a nightmare. — Imelda May

Anybody who wants to go into any business, I always say that you have to make a commitment to yourself to make it a part of your nature like the air you breathe. I don't mean that lightly. It's hard. You have to do the work, and a lot of it is going to be during your own personal downtime. And you have to be interested in it. You can never study enough, and you can never learn enough. — Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

What if I am wrong? Any rational investment plan has to start with that question. — Peter L. Bernstein

Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat. — George W. Bush

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting. — Elizabeth Bowen

A program of "disarmament," while imperialist antagonisms survive, is the most pernicious of fictions. Even if it were realized by way of general agreement - an obviously fantastic assumption!- that would by no means
prevent a new war. The imperialists do not make war because there are armaments; on the contrary, they forge
arms when they need to fight. — Leon Trotsky

Grammar, which is the art of using words properly, comprises four parts: Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody. — Samuel Johnson

You have to let your light shine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Fear, the strength of earth's religions, gripping every living soul, Was a monstrous human error for the making of men whole. — Laurell K. Hamilton