Sobocinski New Jersey Quotes & Sayings

Oh, sweety-weety-pudding-and-pie, you are in so much trouble — Neil Gaiman

Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished. — Mary Oliver

To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow? Can you shake that area of darkness that clings to you, always shaped like you, as if constantly to remind you of yourself? You can't. This shadow is doubt. And it goes wherever you go as long as you stay in the sun. And who wouldn't want to be in the sun? — Yann Martel

I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit. — Al Franken

Here is the infallible test. Imagine yourself in a situation where you are alone, wholly alone on earth, and you are offered one of the two, books or men. I often hear men prizing their solitude but that is only because there are still men somewhere on earth even though in the far distance. I knew nothing of books when I came forth from the womb of my mother, and I shall die without books, with another human hand in my own. I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human being looking at me. — Martin Buber

Be wary of technology; it is often merely an improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult. — Craig T. Nelson

The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated. — Salman Rushdie

The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning, is believed to be, that it was not suspected that any such charge would ever take place; and it appears that no such charge did take place, during the early period of the Constitution, when the meaning of its authors could be best ascertained, nor until many of the contemporary lights had in the lapse of time been extinguished. How often does it happen, that a notoriety of intention diminishes the caution against its being misunderstood or doubted! — James Madison

Men who stand on any other foundation than the rock Christ Jesus are like birds that build in trees by the side of rivers. The bird sings in the branches, and the river sings below, but all the while the waters are undermining the soil about the roots, till, in some unsuspected hour, the tree falls with a crash into the stream; and then its nest is sunk, its home is gone, and the bird is a wanderer. — Henry Ward Beecher

I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song. — Linda Ronstadt

I will try to contact Caine," he said, "but I can't guarantee - " "That's it, hanging up. See ya in hell, Alton." "Wait! Wait, wait, wait! I'll do it. I'll call Caine right now and give the order." He fell silent for a moment, and I listened to his ragged breath. "You son of a bitch. If those soldiers die because of this, it's on your head. — Craig Schaefer

Damascus was the seat of the Ummayad Caliphate in the 7th and 8th centuries. — Richard Engel