Standlockd Quotes & Sayings

The last thing they need is Lieutenant Gorman telling them to lay down suppressing fire with flame units and fall back by squads. — Michael Stephen Fuchs

Every time I thought that I was "put together," I realized that we're always putting ourselves together, gathering the world in, letting it sift down and form us. — Rebecca Wells

Smokers always waxed poetic about the ritual of it, how a large part of the satisfaction was packing the box and pulling the foil wrapper and plucking an aromatic stick. They claimed they loved the lighting, the ashing, the feeling of being able to hold something between their fingers. That was all well and good, but there was nothing quite like actually smoking it: Leigh loved inhaling. To pull with your lips on that filter and feel the smoke drift across your tongue, down your throat, and directly into your lungs was to be transported momentarily to nirvana. She remembered- every day- how it felt after the first inhale, just as the nicotine was hitting her bloodstream. A few seconds of both tranquility and alertness, together, in exactly the right amounts. Then the slow exhale- forceful enough so that the smoke didn't merely seep from your mouth but not so energetic that it disrupted the moment- would complete the blissful experience. — Lauren Weisberger

Ev'n the sick and the poor deserve healthcare. Ev'n the sick and the poor deserve respect. — T.R. Graves

Here an attempt is made to explain suffering: the outcaste of traditional Hinduism is held to deserve his fetched fate; it is a punishment for the wrongs he did in a previous life. — Walter Kaufmann

I'm just not a shoe girl. — Jennifer Hudson

People might think you can turn creativity on and off,
but it's not like that. It just kind of comes out. A mash up of all these things you collect in your mind. You never know when it's gonna happen, but when it does ... it's like magic.
It's just that simple and it's just that hard. — Gwen Stefani

Sometimes you can do things for people other than yourself. — Sebastian Bach

There is a group of entrepreneurs pushing the envelope, government officials that are making significant changes despite the odds, and visionary writers, academics, and colleagues whose work confirms, amplifies, and stretches my own thinking. — Robin Chase

When the sun sets like fire, I will think of you, when the moon casts its light, I'll remember, too, if a soft rain falls gently, I'll stand in this place, recalling the last time, I saw your kind face. Good fortune go with you, to your journey's end, let the waters run calmly, for you, my dear friend. — Brian Jacques

Until the Bible begins to talk to us, we really have not been reading it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

The ship's knowledge extended to navigation, to the handling of weather and awareness of necessary maintenance. — Robin Hobb

His smile was apologetic. I did warn you not to trust me, you know. — George R R Martin

Sometimes it takes a meltdown to cool down. — Evinda Lepins

Successful workers will be those who embrace a lifetime of learning. Those who don't will be left behind. — Rupert Murdoch