Sengstacke Evans Quotes & Sayings

I never told you this enough- it's a failing between all men, I think, but too often of fathers to their sons- I love you. When you came into the world, you brought me a new purpose and a new drive. Suddenly , I was not just a parent, I was a guardian too. — Joseph D'Lacey

Roadblock #5: It's Unpredictable
By and large, human beings don't like surprises. I know that I don't. Okay, maybe I like that rare piece of unexpected good news or a letter from a friend or a thoughtful thank-you. But I'm willing to bet that people in funny hats jumping out of dark closets are responsible for more heart attacks than expressions of unbridled delight. When the doorbell rings late at night, I'm under no illusion that it's the Publisher's Clearing House Prize Patrol!
This, most likely, goes back to our caveman past when a big, exciting surprise was apt to be something like an 800-pound,snarling, saber-toothed tiger about to rip the head from our shoulders. Surprises were usually bad news. (Think about this the next time you're crouching in the dark in somebody's front hall closet with their raincoats and umbrellas.) — Paul Powers

There is so much blood on this chicken-killer's hands, a little more on his business suit won't hurt. — Bruce Friedrich

To the tortured souls whose blood is the heartbeat of the earth. May you find your happily Never after — C.M. Stunich

When somebody doesn't use common sense, I get frustrated. When I'm driving down the highway and someone is in the left-hand lane, and they're going very slow, sometimes I just go around them, and other times I'll be in the mood where I flash my lights and yell at them, like, 'What the heck are you doing? Get the heck out of my way!' — Billy Horschel

Here God is not approached as an object that we must love, but as a mystery present in the very act of love itself. — Peter Rollins

There is nothing permanent in the world except change. — Heraclitus

Rockefeller made his money in oil, which he discovered at the bottom of wells. Oil was considered crude in those days, but so was Rockefeller. Now both are considered quite refined. — Richard Armour

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so. — Erik Larson

We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for. — Joichi Ito

Amanda was probably in her mid-fifties, a small woman, maybe five-three on a good day. Her attitude filled the room, and she walked with a swagger that rivaled a bullfighter's. She wore a simple diamond ring on her wedding finger, though Will knew she wasn't currently married. She had no children, or perhaps she had eaten them when they were young. — Karin Slaughter

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting. — Brene Brown

Thamsine Granville had not begun the day with the intention of killing Oliver Cromwell. — Alison Stuart

Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

We didn't lose as many lives as had been predicted although we're still in the process of finding those we lost. — Kathleen Blanco