Stovells Chobham Quotes & Sayings

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore. — Lakhdar Brahimi

So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is the relation of aesthetics to politics? — Mark Poster

The fire first has to be laid before the match can be put to it. — P.K. Page

Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air. — Ed Begley Jr.

Be original, stop pretending to be someone you are not, be your own light in this world. — Leon Brown

Which is more subversive-and corrosive-to believe in altruism or to see it simply as a cloak of self interest? Even if altruism did not exist, it would be necessary to believe in it. Pessimists in power are prone to despotism. — Frank Prochaska

I spend money as if I had it. — Mike Todd

Most home invasion victims with arms find themselves in Herbert Clutter's position: surprised and overwhelmed. Unless you sleep with your .45 auto fully loaded and under your pillow, you're apt to find yourself in the same position if the bad guys ever should show up in your bedroom, enquiring as to the location of your safe. — Stephen King

Love is an energy that is addictive, contagious and free. Earn it, chase it, give it to those in need. — Aaron Lauritsen

History teaches the young the virtues of freedom. By apprising them of the past it will enable them to judge the future. — Thomas Jefferson

Is there a limit to my power? The obvious answer to that question is no. God is omnipotent, which means by definition, there is nothing God cannot do. Yet many of us pray as if our problems are bigger than God. — Mark Batterson

When the Irish novelist John McGahern was a child, his sisters unlaced and removed one of his shoes while he was reading. He did not stir. They placed a straw hat on his head. No response. Only when they took away the wooden chair on which he was sitting did he, as he puts it, 'wake out of the book'. — Anne Fadiman

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment. — Chris Matakas