Sojourns Birmingham Quotes & Sayings

And now I wonder which animal of us will eat the other first physically and last spiritually? We consume animals and then one of us consumes the other, my love. — Charles Bukowski

And I'm convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you can work with the unions because the unions want to survive. If they are confronted simply with the question: "Do you want this company to survive or do you want it to be broken up?" they will listen. It's their livelihood. — Carl Icahn

Poetry's work is the clarification and magnification of being. — Jane Hirshfield

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean. — Christina Baldwin

I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson. — Christina Hendricks

There is an enlightened way to flow with, in, and through conflict. — Bryant McGill

There's a patter in these Commandments of setting things apart so that their holiness will be perceived. Every day is holy, but the Sabbath is set apart so that the holiness of time can be experienced. Every human being is worthy of honor, but the conscious discipline of honor is learned from this setting apart of the mother and father, who usually labor and are heavy laden, and may be cranky or stingy or ignorant or overbearing. Believe me, I know this can be a hard Commandment to keep. But I believe also that the rewards of obedience are great, because at the root of real honor is always the sense of the sacredness of the person who is its object. — Marilynne Robinson

Unless you know yourself, what else can you know? — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

The heart can get really cold if all you've known is winter. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band. — Ringo Starr

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player. — Isaiah Thomas