Sokolicek Quotes & Sayings

I love downtown Seattle. It's a city that has all of the outdoor activities and is still a very cosmopolitan city. — Greg LeMond

We know great Nature's pow'r, Mother of things, whose vast unbounded sway From the deep centre all around extends Wide to the flaming barriers of the world. We feel her power; we strive not to repress (Vainly repress'd, or to deformity) Her lawful growth: ours be the task alone To check her rude excrescencies, to prune Her wanton overgrowth, and where she strays In uncouth shapes, to lead her gently back, With prudent hand, to form and better use. — John Armstrong

Creativity needs a bit of untidiness. Make everything too neat and there is no room for experiment. — Charles Handy

Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income. — Scott Cook

All these "ifs" fill our minds with anxious thoughts and make us wonder constantly what to do and what to say in case something should happen in the future. Much, if not most, of our suffering is connected with these preoccupations. Possible career changes, possible family conflicts, possible illnesses, possible disasters, and a possible nuclear holocaust make us anxious, fearful, suspicious, greedy, nervous, and morose. They prevent us from feeling a real inner freedom. Since we are always preparing for eventualities, we seldom fully trust the moment. It is no exaggeration to say that much human energy is invested in these fearful preoccupations. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

I had a dog once. I thought so much of him that when he died I couldn't bear the thought of getting another in his place. He was a FRIEND - you understand, Mistress Blythe? Matey's only a pal. I'm fond of Matey - all the fonder on account of the spice of devilment that's in him - like there is in all cats. But I LOVED my dog. I always had a sneaking sympathy for Alexander Elliott about HIS dog. There isn't any devil in a good dog. That's why they're more lovable than cats, I reckon. — L.M. Montgomery

A subterranean murmur. It may sound like one of the many separate voices that make up the sounds of a creek. Or it may come in code, oblique and sneaky, creeping in from around the corner. — Anne Lamott

When someone criticizes you, it defines who they are, not who you are. — Marie Forleo

The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else. — Mike Love

Just when I think the human race has been lost to the what about me people. I see the best we have to offer helping others. — Bill Engvall

An artist is usually the handyman in the service of inspiration. — Kenneth G. Mills

Wow, that was fun. Any place else you want to take me while we're here? Maybe there's a darker corner of hell than that hall of flesh-hungry demons, huh? (Sin) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Not all shame comes from wrong doing and not all hiding comes from moral failure. — Brent Weeks