Sodiq Atanda Quotes & Sayings

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. — John Vanbrugh

Heterosexuality is not a thing. — Lauren Berlant

These Exhaling Sounds
Is the sweetness of the cane sweeter
than the one who made the canefield?
Behind the beauty of the moon is the moonmaker.
There is intelligence inside the ocean's
intelligence
feeding our love like an invisible waterwheel.
There is a skill to making cooking oil from animal fat.
Consider now the knack that makes eyesight
from the shining jelly of your eyes.
Dawn comes up like a beautiful meal being served.
We are hungry and distracted, so in love with the cook.
Don't just be proud of your mustache
as you drive three donkeys down the road.
Instead of gemstones, love the jeweler.
Enough of these exhaling sounds.
Let the darling finish this
who turns listening into seeing. — Rumi

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Florida wants to change the state's motto to attract younger people. They're thinking about: More than just a great place to die. — Joan Rivers

If you want to attain salvation, learn and keep in your heart all that the holy Church teaches and, receiving heavenly power from the mysteries of the Church, walk the path of Christ's commandments, under the direction of lawful pastors, and you will undoubtedly attain the Heavenly Kingdom and be saved. All of this is naturally necessary in the matter of salvation, necessary in it entirety and for all. Whoever rejects or neglects any part of it has no salvation. — Theophan The Recluse

There are over 50 brilliant scientists working at my lab, and being sensitive to their needs is among the top skill sets that scientists like me have to learn. — Peter Agre

You're so sick, Oedipa, she told herself, or the room, which knew. — Thomas Pynchon

People are put off by the perception of science fiction, and it doesn't help if you've got references to quantum this and quantum that on the first page, and people think, 'This isn't for me,' and chuck it. I'm probably a pretty bad offender, given how far in the future some of my stuff is. — Peter F. Hamilton

Entrepreneurs are the forgotten heroes of America. — Ronald Reagan

Nobility of Character.-What then makes a person " noble " ? Certainly not that he makes sacrifices ; even the frantic libertine makes sacrifices. Certainly not that he generally follows his passions; there are contemptible passions. Certainly not that he does something for others, and without selfishness; — Friedrich Nietzsche