Tenera Pelene Quotes & Sayings

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. — William Butler Yeats

I can tell you this: I'm an extremely passionate individual. I try to be careful how I display it because you never know how people are going to take it. — Steve Vai

If when you hear a song by OK Go you conjure up thoughts of a gigantic Rube Goldberg device or treadmills or drones or perfectly executed dance routines, then you know that this is a band that is masterful at coming up with amazingly creative music videos. — Rachel Martin

God is a different league of person from us, but God is a person like us, not an abstract force or a principle. So despite the huge difference, Genesis says we are made in God's image. Human beings are the kind of entity God would be if God were earthly. God could hardly have become a horse; horses were not made in God's image. Human beings were made God-like, so it was not so unnatural for God to become a human being. It is this fact that makes it possible for God sometimes to appear in human form in the Old Testament, and it eventually makes possible, even makes natural, God's incarnation in Christ. In this sense it was not logically difficult for God to become a human being although it involved some sacrifice. — John E. Goldingay

The true art of the gods is the comic. The comic is a condescension of the divine to the world of man; it is the sublime vision, which cannot be studied, but must ever be celestially granted. In the comic the gods see their own being reflected as in a mirror, and while the tragic poet is bound by strict laws, they will allow the comic artist a freedom as unlimited as their own. — Isak Dinesen

You make me feel three times the rush of skydiving or bungee jumping ... I felt the biggest rush of my life when you said you love me. — Miranda Kenneally

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do, the more poverty we will create. — Paul Hawken

Being American is, I think, a very difficult thing in art, because all the elements are European ... — Kingsley Amis

The speed of the fleet is not determined by the fastest vessel; rather it is determined by the slowest one. — Wen Jiabao

I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. — William Shakespeare

Our human instincts transcend physical survival and include our unique gifting and purpose. When we unleash our instincts to guide us, we discover the special ways we've been equipped, educated, and enlightened to fulfill our destiny. Your instincts are more resourceful, resilient, and responsive than you probably realize. — T.D. Jakes

Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself. — Melody Beattie

The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don't get the throw you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get. — Terence

Men who leave their money to be distributed by others are pie-faced mutts, — George Eastman

I've learned to really enjoy video games. It's really toxic to have in your house, because it's really distracting. — Carrie Brownstein