Ticinus River Quotes & Sayings

From a young age I had learned to get over
to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems in the belief that they were mine alone to solve. — Piper Kerman

The commanders and fighters of the entire Chinese People's Liberation Army absolutely must not relax in the least their will to fight; any thinking that relaxes the will to fight and belittles the enemy is wrong. — Mao Zedong

It is not so important what deeds we do when times are good, but what good we do in bad times. — Jeffrey Fry

Do we want to know whether Christ was resurrected on Easter? God provides the grace to believe in that, but note: Such belief requires less faith in things unseen than believing that the world as we know it evolved out of nothing. — Marvin Olasky

Play a new game, not the older game but faster. — Seth Godin

If this keeps up (four game winning streak) I'm about to manage until I'm a hundred. — Casey Stengel

Why aren't we moving?" Tucker swings his bloodshot eyes toward the backseat. "We have a baby in this truck, Sabrina." "I know." He swallows hard. "This is fucked up. We shouldn't be allowed to leave the hospital with a kid. I've never even had a pet before. — Elle Kennedy

Respect the colony as an organism rather than a mechanism with interchangeable parts. — Gunther Hauk

I was a freelancer all through my 20s and was very slow to get good at what I did. — Ira Glass

I had thought about everything carefully before I had agreed to him. I had made every preparation, every calculation, except for those two essentials that could not be calculated; his heart and mine. — Jeanette Winterson

It must be significant that nearly all the evolutionary stories I learned as a student ... have now been debunked. — D. V. Ager

The most common reason that I turn down a film project is because of my schedule. If I can't devote the time to a score that it deserves, I'll pass. I'll also turn down a film if its moral position is different than what my own understanding of right and wrong. — John Keltonic

How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts of reverence and devotion make one feel devout. The courteous gesture increases one's respect for others. To act lovingly is to begin to feel loving, and certainly to act joyfully brings joy to others which in turn makes one feel joyful. I believe we are called to the duty of delight. — Dorothy Day

But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet. — Francois Rabelais

In the library
I search for a good book.
We have many books,
says Mrs. Rose, the librarian,
and ALL of them are good.
Of course she says that. It's her job.
But do I want to read about
Trucks
Trains and
Transport?
Or even
Horses
Houses and
Hyenas?

In the fiction corner
there are pink boks
full of princesses
and girls who want to be princesses
and black books
about bad boys
and brave boys
and brawny boys.

Where is the book
about a girl
whose poems don't rhyme
and whose Granny is fading?
Pearl, says Mrs. Rose, the bell has rung.

I go back to class
empty-handed
empty headed
empty-hearted. — Sally Murphy