Takiyah Romain Quotes & Sayings

Problems almost always create opportunities - to learn, grow and improve. — John C. Maxwell

I can't imagine how Afghanistan's fall isn't going to be ten times faster than Iraq's. — Eliza Griswold

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. — Charles De Montesquieu

When you meet silent and inscrutable people, don't tell them what you are thinking. When you meet irritable and self-serving people, be careful what you say. — Zicheng Hong

The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole. — Carl Jung

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. — Millicent Fenwick

Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. In Prentisstown, everyone talks like they're sneaking up on their words, ready to club them from behind. — Patrick Ness

Sometimes if somebody you feel you need ... the whole universe tells you that you have to have her, you start watching her favorite TV shows all night, you start buying her the things she needs, you start drinking her drinks, you start smoking her bad cigarettes, you start picking up her nuances in her voice, you sleep in safe sometimes the most dangerous thing ... this is called Mojo Pin. — Jeff Buckley

I really wish Hollywood would stop labeling movies, especially movies with predominantly black casts. Then, it makes others feel like, "Oh, well, that's not for me." At the end of the day, everybody understands love, loss, pain and heartbreak. That's not a color. — Taraji P. Henson

Change is neither good nor bad. It only creates a different situation. — Daniel Egger