Stj Lper Quotes & Sayings

The great majority of modern third-person narration is "I" narration very thinly disguised. — John Fowles

The George W. Bush administration trotted out all manner of excuses for its invasion of Iraq, but it was clearly mindful of the fact that Saddam Hussein's decision in 2000 to denominate the country's oil sales in euros rather than dollars could hardly set a good precedent. Former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill revealed in his 'as told to' memoir that finding a way to forcibly get rid of Saddam was topic A at the Bush administration's very first National Security Council meeting, a mere ten days after Bush's inauguration. — Mike Lofgren

Buddhists don't feel that enlightenment is particularly unusual. We feel that it's the natural state. Enlightenment simply means perceiving life directly as it is in all of its infinite, ever changing wonder, in all of its varied, myriad states of mind or as pari-nirvana, or whatever. — Frederick Lenz

Internalising success means that even if a misfortune takes away all the evidence or traces of success, yet what made you successful, remains. Soon enough, the evidence will return. — Archibald Marwizi

Even a small match
lit in a place of total
darkness gives off a
blinding light. — Richard Stearns

It was a small tortoise with Julia's initials set in diamonds in the living shell, and this slightly obscene object, now slipping impotently on the polished boards, now striding across the card-table, now lumbering over a rug, now withdrawn at a touch, now stretching its neck and swaying its withered, antediluvian head, became a memorable part of the evening, one of those needlehooks of experience which catch the attention when larger matters are at stake. — Evelyn Waugh

I LOVE my job. Having a front row seat to watch lives change because of others generosity is amazing! So thankful. — Pete Wilson

Payback was always hell, wasn't it? — Linda Howard

Mr. Roosevelt has gathered around him a body of public servants who are nowhere surpassed, I question whether they are anywhere equaled, for efficiency, self-sacrifice, and an absolute devotion to their country's interests. Many of them are poor men, without private means, who have voluntarily abandoned high professional ambitions and turned their backs on the rewards of business to serve their country on salaries that are not merely inadequate, but indecently so. — Theodore Roosevelt

The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with. — Salman Rushdie

There is no doubt that I have discovered the ultimate in stagnant human societies. The Bikura have realized the human dream of immortality and have paid for it with their humanity and their immortal souls. — Dan Simmons

So that's how you're going to fix the family problem. Little Dragomirs. Good idea. — Richelle Mead

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future. — Brandy Norwood

The most wonderful gift one human being can give to another, is in some way, to make that person's life a little bit better to live. — John Assaraf

Don't find love, let it find you. It's called falling in love because you don't force yourself to fall, you just do. — Taylor Swift