Tokarz Farha Quotes & Sayings

What happened to your face?' he asked. 'When I was little, my grandmother was making candles and she had a big vat of hot beeswax in the backyard,' she said. 'I walked into the vat.' Usually that ended the conversation. 'I don't remember it,' she added. 'How old were you?' he asked. She tilted her face slightly, watching him. 'Ten months.' 'You were walking at ten months?' he asked. 'Not very well, apparently,' she said dryly. — Caragh M. O'Brien

Commute me, execute me. Don't drag it out. — Jesse Bishop

The GREATEST HINDRANCES to the evangelization of the world are those within the Church. — John Mott

Through the years, I have discovered some essential principles in discerning God's will: First, by God's grace, we must be firmly committed to seeking first the Kingdom of God and His glory. Secondly, we must establish a life discipline of renewing our minds in the Word of God. Thirdly, we must seek godly counsel from mature believers. Fourthly, we must watch for signs of God's providence opening doors and closing them. Finally, we should consider the desires of our heart. — Paul Washer

When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place. — Camille Paglia

When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him — Luc De Clapiers

This will do," said he, "and from this letter, which might have ruined me, I will make my fortune. Now to the work I have in hand." And after having assured himself that the prisoner was gone, the deputy procureur hastened to the house of his betrothed. — Alexandre Dumas

Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it. — Lee Child

If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Help me find more money in my budget! — Elisabeth Leamy

Typical Chilean characteristics, such as sobriety, a horror of ostentation, of standing out over others or attracting attention, generosity, a tendency to compromise rather than confront, a legalistic mentality, respect for authority, resignation to bureaucracy, enthusiasm for political argument, — Isabel Allende

Don't shave my head to make your wig of selfishness. Shave it because you care. — Jarod Kintz

Ladies," Alexander said, his arm around Tatiana's neck, "we're newlyweds." He raised his eyebrows. "Do you really want us in your house? — Paullina Simons

[H]e initially conceived of Olivier as a man of the greatest promise destroyed by a fatal flaw, the unreasoning passion for a woman dissolving into violence, desperately weakening everything he tried to do. For how could learning and poetry be defended when it produced such dreadful results and was advanced by such imperfect creatures? At least Julien did not see the desperate fate of the ruined lover as a nineteenth-century novelist or a poet might have done, recasting the tale to create some appealing romantic hero, dashed to pieces against the unyielding society that produced him. Rather, his initial opinion
held almost to the last
was of Olivier as a failure, ruined by a terible weakness. — Iain Pears

When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything. — Robert Duvall