Thorvald Erikson Quotes & Sayings

Like the ski resort of girls looking for husbands and husbands looking for girls, the situation is not as symmetrical as it might seem. — Alan McKay

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. — Erica Jong

I shout at the radio when someone starts talking over the end of a song. Shut up! I don't want to hear that the DJ has just found a mouldy sandwich in the corner of the studio. Nor do I like it when the magic of something you're watching is shattered by an advert for Argos. — Jessica Brown Findlay

...We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves; but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging; thereby subjecting themselves to the spirit of collective selfishness that is only found in groups... — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

I always brought up my children not to believe in Mothers Day gifts, and now I regret it. — Lauren Bacall

I have to prove myself to everybody. — Elizabeth Warren

I think there's a temptation to try to think of people who don't vaccinate as a homogenous community, but I'm not convinced that's true. I'm not even sure that the word 'community' is totally accurate there, you know. — Eula Biss

One night I dreamed a dream.
I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my Lord.
When the last scene of my life shot before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. There was only one set of footprints. I realized that this was at the lowest and saddest times of my life. This always bothered me and I questioned the Lord about my dilemma.
"Lord, You told me when I decided to follow You, You would walk and talk with me all the way. But I'm aware that during the most troublesome times of my life there is only one set of footprints. I just don't understand why, when I need You most, You leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you. — Margaret Fishback Powers

Meryl Streep is on the program tonight. I like to throw her a little work whenever I can. — David Letterman

The artwork had very little to do with the thought process, and the writing too, for that matter. What happens, happens, and it happens outside the brain. — Jules Feiffer

The charming grass, elegant water, fascinating winds, admirable rocks and delicate sands are never alone. — Delano Johnson

Things are always at their best in their beginning. — Blaise Pascal