Stavine Quotes & Sayings

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart. — Douglas Sirk

I remember wondering how many other things I didn't know about my parents. You only get to know so much. — Matthew Quick

Are we letting the world influence the church more than the church is affecting those in the world? — Betty S. Bender

In most cases,our so-called limitations are nothing more than our own decision to limit ourselves. — Daisaku Ikeda

Lovers, children, heroes, none of them do we fantasize as extravagantly as we fantasize our parents. — Francine Du Plessix Gray

Birth, like love, is an energy and a process, happening within a relationship. Both unfold with their own timing, with a uniqueness that can never be anticipated, with a power that can never be controlled, but with an exquisite mystery to be appreciated. — Elizabeth Noble

You can't dwell on what might have been ... and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done. — Wendelin Van Draanen

For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam's front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters?
And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable. — Vera Nazarian

To win by strategy is no less the role of a general than to win by arms. — Julius Caesar

It's really exciting to be a part of something new that's pushing boundaries. — Arthur Darvill

There are so many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember, we are dulled and proasic with the poison of life. — H.P. Lovecraft

The testimony of every scientist is that the frontiers that are opening out ahead of us now are far wider and more spectacular than any frontier of America in the past. Our horizons are not closed. We are going to write a greater development in America than has ever been conceived. — Eric Johnston

Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fields such as academia, publishing, media, entertainment, and the arts. The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid. — Timothy Keller