Spydell Livejournal Quotes & Sayings

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points. — Horace

It is not enough to have the courage of your convictions, you must also have the courage to have your convictions challenged. — Christopher Phillips

I did remember. Mr. Rector and Mr. Endicott had basically taken a beautiful island paradise and bulldozed it into an ugly subdivision, complete with tennis courts and a tiki bar. — Meg Cabot

Every natural longing has its natural satisfaction. If we thirst, God has created liquids to gratify thirst. If we are susceptible of attachment, there are beings to gratify that love. If we thirst for life and love eternal, it is likely that there are an eternal life and an eternal love to satisfy that craving. — Frederick William Robertson

Not everyone sees the goof in people like you do Emmy" Sam said
"She even sees the good in you — Kady Cross

DAGUERREOTYPE Will take the place of painting. (See PHOTOGRAPHY.) (From The Dictionary of Received Ideas, assembled from notes Flaubert made in the 1870s.) — Gustave Flaubert

I think empathy is a guy who punches you in the face at a bus station, and you're somehow able to look at that him and know enough about what situation he was in to know that he had to do that and not to hit back. That's empathy, and nothing ever happens in writing that has that kind of moral heroism about it. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Travelex has grown into a global business in just 25 years. The acquisition of Thomas Cook's Global & Financial Services has created a business that would have had a combined turnover of U.S. $28.4 billion in 2000. — Lloyd Dorfman

A motorcyclist rode down the empty street, arms and legs rounded in an O, and came back up with the sound of thunder; his face displayed seriousness of a child who attributes the utmost importance to his howls — Robert Musil

You want each city to be different, not just see the same shopping malls and stores wherever you go. That's not healthy. — Greg Lake

I wanted to thunder and roar out the Gospel to all nations. It burned in my bones like fire pent up ... Nothing would satisfy me but to cry abroad in the world, what the Lord was doing in the latter days. — Brigham Young

Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Pay attention to the timeless core of your being. — Deepak Chopra

Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction. — Corey Taylor

For me, coding is a form of self-expression. The company controls the most effective means of self-expression I have. This is unacceptable to me as an individual, therefore I must leave. — Justin Frankel