Smaillworlds Quotes & Sayings

When I was a child I had a fishless aquarium. My father set it up for me with gravel and plants and pebbles before he'd got the fish and I asked him to leave it as it was for a while. The pump kept up a charming burble, the green-gold light was wondrous when the room was dark. I put in a china mermaid and a tin horseman who maintained a relationship like that of the figures on Keat's Grecian urn except that the horseman grew rusty. Eventually fish were pressed upon me and they seemed an intrusion, I gave them to a friend. All that aquarium wanted was the sound of the pump, the gently waving plants, the mysterious pebbles and the silent horseman forever galloping to the mermaid smiling in the green-gold light. I used to sit and look at them for hours. The mermaid and the horseman were from my father. I have them in a box somewhere here, I'm not yet ready to take them out and look at them again. — Russell Hoban

My first official music video for "Who Am I." It's getting crazy traffic and a lot of hype. I got sponsored by a company called MATIX because of it. — SonReal

People often describe the journey of transsexual people as a passage through the sexes, from manhood to womanhood, from male to female, from boy to girl. — Janet Mock

Monolingualism is the illiteracy of the 21st century! — Greg Roberts

For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! — Anonymous

One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves. — Earl Monroe

God wants you to have so much more. He wants you to have a supernatural love, one that sustains when both of you give up. You can't have that with someone who lacks faith. It's just not possible. — Tammy L. Gray

In all of my books, I really want to work with working-class people. My goal is to show the moments of grace and dignity in their lives. — Matt De La Pena

The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded. — Wendie Malick

Sit" is the command you'll use most often. Your pup objects when placed in a sit with your hands, so try the "bringing the food up under his chin" method. Better still, catch him in the act! Your dog will sit on his own many times throughout the day, so let him know that he's doing the "Sit" by rewarding him. Praise him and have him sit for everything - toys, connecting his leash, his dinner, before going out the door, etc. — Ann Chamberlain

You're rich, spoiled and used to getting your own way."
"Not true. If I had my own way you would have kissed me and ridden me like a cowboy while screaming 'yeehaw'. — Dani Alexander

The students adore your father,' a perfumed woman said to me. 'Aren't you lucky to live with such a charming man!'
'He's even more charming at home,' Mom said. 'Isn't he, Bea? He rides a unicycle through the house -'
'- even up and down the stairs,' I added.
'He juggles eggs as he makes breakfast every morning -'
'- which he serves to us in bed of course,' I said.
'- and pulls fragrant bouquets out of his ass,' Mom finished.
'He's just a joy. — Natalie Standiford

We may not be able to do any great thing; but if each of us will do something, however small it may be, a goof deal will be accomplished for God. — D.L. Moody

Followers want to be taken care of. Leaders want to take care of others. We can all be leaders. — Simon Sinek

People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story. — Jim Butcher