Tirrya Quotes & Sayings

I've said it before: equations are the devil's sentences. The worst one is that quadratic equation, an infernal salad of numbers, letters, and symbols. — Stephen Colbert

When we experience conflict or dissatisfaction, we are being called on to develop something in ourselves that is weak, hidden, or unknown. — Jett Psaris

God waits patiently for me to wake up, grow up, come to the awareness that great works take time, that nothing truly worthwhile can be rushed ... How difficult it is not to interfere, to try to take over, to go it alone. But God cannot succeed without me. God needs my whole-hearted cooperation in this work. — Jean Royer

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. — Irwin Shaw

Prior to postmodernism, it was all but impossible to claim that one was a cultural Christian, Jew, or Muslim. There was no such thing. Now, being culturally religious is a widely accepted stance. — Gudjon Bergmann

The historical figures who earned the honorific "So-and-So the Great" were not great artists, scholars, doctors, or inventors, people who enhanced human happiness or wisdom. They were dictators who conquered large swaths of territory and the people in them. If Hitler's luck had held out a bit longer, he probably would have gone down in history as Adolf the Great. — Steven Pinker

If school principals have given up on the important things and are focusing on discipline, they are creating a certain, diluted reality. In an organization that functions properly, discipline should be a marginal issue. — Itay Talgam

Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again. — Charles Dickens

You aren't alive if you aren't in need. — Henry Cloud

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God. — Charles R. Swindoll

You're a star
and so am I. I'm a genius
and so are you.
Your success encourages my brilliance, and my charisma enhances your power.
Your victory doesn't require my defeat, and vice versa. — Rob Brezsny

Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you. — Bernie Siegel

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem. — Jonathan Swift