Taonga Island Quotes & Sayings

PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction - prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives. — Ambrose Bierce

I've met Nicole Kidman, Elton John, loads of people. — Allan Carr

U.S. computer networks and databases are under daily cyber attack by nation states, international crime organizations, subnational groups, and individual hackers. — John O. Brennan

I want to become the favorite song of my own uprising. I want to see the most forgotten, unused part of my soul the one which for years I kept closed out of spite, find the courage to go up to my mind and start writing liberation slogans across its highest fences. — Angelos Michalopoulos

Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable. — B.C. Forbes

I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary. — Theodore Roosevelt

Everyone, deep down within, carries a small cemetery of those he has loved. — Romain Rolland

Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go. — Nicholas Sparks

I opened the door and Lend smiled. 'They look better on you.'
'Wow, they must look just awful on you then.' I smiled back. — Kiersten White

Secularists argue that differences of religion were the chief cause of violence in our history - conveniently overlooking violent clashes of region, race, and class, not the least of which was the bloodiest war in history until that time, the Civil War. — Stephen V Monsma

It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day. — Teresa Of Avila

The resulting amalgam - an exotic mixture of European, Caribbean, African, and American elements - made Louisiana into perhaps the most seething ethnic melting pot that the nineteenth century world could produce. This cultural gumbo would serve as breeding ground for many of the great hybrid musics of modern times; not just jazz, but also cajun, zydeco, blues, and other new styles flourished as a result of this laissez-faire environment. In this warm, moist atmosphere, sharp delineations between cultures gradually softened and ultimately disappeared. — Ted Gioia