Silas Merritt Robertson Quotes & Sayings

I have brought many artifacts back with me from the steppe. My favourite is a 90-year-old Kazakh saddle decorated with silverwork in traditional motifs. It symbolises the deep relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian Steppe. — Tim Cope

Your kisses are snowflakes: each one is unique. They land on me, before they melt away and leave me cold. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Self-love is an idolatry. Self-hatred is a tragedy. — Elizabeth Hardwick

The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish the right of others long hence and far distant in geography to sit in the high seats. — Frances Perkins

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story. — Jane Campion

Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not beautiful. — Germaine Greer

For years I was deathly afraid of my own weaknesses, but when I closed my eyes and let myself be vulnerable to them it allowed miracles to take place. Miracles that were only alive when I accessed my BLIND faith. — Bethany Brookbank

Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places - even if things asked for are not given. — Benjamin Harrison

But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact pleases You. — Thomas Merton

At the time of birth an ordering takes place. The awarenesses come together; they become specific until a person dies. At that point all those awarenesses, all that you have ever been or will ever be, go back again, into the great unknown. — Frederick Lenz

The elements of a good story are most definitely details, little bitty details. That does it, especially when you're describing, when you're setting the scene and everything. It's like you're painting a picture, so details are very important. Also, the music gotta be right. The music can really set the tone for the story and let you know what the story is gonna be about, but definitely, it's the vibe in the place where you at and the detail. — Big Boi

My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13. — Frank Lampard

Some people are like that - closed - they can't learn from anyone. Us, for example, we can't learn anything, neither I from you nor you from me, nor from anyone, nor from anything, nor from what happens. — Marguerite Duras

You are a pool of clear water where the light plays — Jeanette Winterson

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends - always ready to meet your mood, always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that. — J. Donald Adams