Shubal Stearns Quotes & Sayings

If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you. — Brian Andreas

True worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God. — William Temple

No", she said, "I know that you don't like me."

"You don't know anything. — Rainbow Rowell

Never underestimate a good deed, you don't know which 'Hasanah' will be your ticket to Jannah. — Muhammad Nusair

Often really what you need is someone who will believe in you, who will encourage you to believe in yourself. — Gail Kelly

It is not in the storm or in the strife
We feel benumbed and wish to be nor more,
But in the after-silence on the shore
When all is lost except a little life. — George Gordon Byron

Don't waste my time- I'm not stupid, and I'm not gullible. — Laura Schlessinger

A national government using New Deal programs and the massive defense spending beginning with World War II and continuing through the Cold War was Johnson's vehicle for expanding the Southern economy and making it, as he hoped, one of the more prosperous regions of the country. — Robert Dallek

Sholem [a painter] was saying that freedom, for him, is having the technical facility to be able to execute whatever he wants, just whatever image he has in his mind. But that's not freedom! That's control, or power. Whereas I think Margaux understands freedom to be the freedom to take risks, the freedom to do something bad or appear foolish. To not recognize that difference is a pretty big thing. [ ... ]
"It's like with improv," Misha said. "True improv is about surprising yourself
but most people won't improvise truthfully. They're afraid. What they do is pull from their bag of tricks. They take what they already know how to do and apply it to the present situation. But that's cheating! And cheating's bad for an artist. It's bad in life
but it's really bad in art." -p.20-1, How Should A Person Be — Sheila Heti

I'm sorry, but please don't be mad at me for reliving all of it. History is all you left me. — Adam Silvera