The Incredibles Bob Parr Quotes & Sayings

Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness. — Herbert Hoover

Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, shifting with the movement of the clouds. Now and then the light will fall on a particular point in time, illuminating it for a moment before the wind seals up the gap, and the world is in shadows again. — Tan Twan Eng

Lauren: Like how many people you're...like how many times your life is gonna totally change and then, like, start all over again? And you'll feel like what happened before wasn't real and what's happening now is actually... (she trails off) — Annie Baker

I didn't really need to know what my zombie rooster thought of me. — Elizabeth A. Reeves

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. — Matt Blunt

We are flying over a ball of fire. — Elena Ferrante

Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an equal weight of pain to balance it out on some unknown scale. — Stephenie Meyer

It seemed that I could tell the whole story pretty powerfully in those 18 months between October of '62 and the spring of '64 when they were all at their peak. And yet you could see some of the shadows of Detroit's demise coming. — David Maraniss

Every religious figure in history achieved enlightenment between the ages of twenty-five and thirtyfive. That seems to be when human consciousness comes fully into its own and acquires a finer spiritual perception. Perhaps it simply takes that long to develop. In any case, it's a well-documented phenomenon. Look it up sometime. — Stephen R. Lawhead

God has a place and purpose for you, somewhere for you to be and something for you to do. You never will be happy elsewhere, nor can you please God anywhere but there. — Vance Havner

May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home. — Robert Jordan

Israbel smiled once more. It was difficult to take your gaze away from her mouth - unless you looked into her eyes; and then you could only look at those ... ("Israbel") — Tanith Lee

If you don't risk anything, you risk more — Erica Jong

You remember what you said this morning? About it being totally stupid to fall in love with me?"
At that, my eyes open. He adds quietly, "Then you should start calling me a fuckin' moron. — Belle Aurora

He was in a full possession of facile, refined and agreeable intellect which he used to maintain his power and strengthen and increase his popularity. — Leo Tolstoy