Tampanensis Quotes & Sayings

I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence. — Spike Lee

Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt. — Roscoe Conkling

What is next to ecstasy?
Pain.
What is next to pain?
Nothingness.
What is next to nothingness?
Hell. — Umera Ahmed

June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould. — A.E. Housman

Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good. — Gautama Buddha

In the New Testament, we don't find our gift through self-examination and introspection and then find ways to express it. Instead, we love one another, serve one another, help one another, and in so doing we see how God has equipped us to do so. — Russell D. Moore

Even she couldn't believe she'd spent so much money on household appliance. Money that she could just as easily have spend on handbags or bottles of wine. The only conclusion she could draw was that she was finally grown-up. Which was funny because in her head she was still sixteen and trying to decide what to do when she left school. — Marian Keyes