Smugmug Quotes & Sayings

My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift. Her favorite hobby was collecting birthdays. — George Takei

But writing is like breathing--I do it because I have to. Actually, writing might be more like reading--I do it because I can't imagine stopping. — Heather Frost

White men get a choice. They get to choose they job, they house. They get to choose to make black babies, then disappear into thin air, like they wasn't never there to begin with, like these black women they slept with or raped done laid on top of themselves and got pregnant. White men get to choose for black men too. Used to sell 'em; now they just send 'em to prison like my daddy, so that they can't be with they kids. — Yaa Gyasi

Contemplation does not arrive at reality after a process of deduction, but by an intuitive awakening in which our free and personal reality becomes fully alive to its own existential depths, which open out into the mystery of God. For — Thomas Merton

She walked among the stars,
The princess of the heavens,
Looking for the one who caught her crystal tears
That spilled out from liquid ice blue eyes-
Rolling down pale cheeks-
Then sealed up tenderly ...
In pearl alabaster jars ... — Kallista Pendragon

The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation. — Spencer Abraham

Over the years, I've learned, focus on the job at hand, and opportunities will open after. — Antonio Villaraigosa

Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology. — Amy Dickinson

That kind of subtle manipulation always works best amidst a flurry of distractions. Washington's been doing it like that for decades. — Jim Butcher