Torsney Playground Quotes & Sayings

When most of us hear the word cells, we think biology. I think penitentiary. (It's an occupational hazard.) — Reginald Dipwipple

Everywhere I go I find that people ... both leaders and individuals ... are asking one basic question, 'Is there any hope for the future?' My answer is the same, 'Yes, through Jesus Christ.' — Billy Graham

Sometimes, when you look close enough at a person hoping to find clarity, the image of the person becomes so hazy, so distorted, that all you're left with is unclear thoughts and more questions. — Belle Aurora

Everything I've done in my life has been by instinct. I never had any doubt I could do anything ... I always knew I was going to be a writer. — Elizabeth Riddell

One has to be suspicious of anyone who seeks the limelight. — Marty Rubin

The circumstances of life-the events of life-the people around me in life-do not make me the way I am. They reveal the way I am. — Dan Chaon

A sane person to an insane society must appear insane. — Kurt Vonnegut

His was a lonely, unorthodox conviction that war was man's ultimate failure. — Sharon Kay Penman

True openness is the accompaniment of the desire to know, hence of the awareness of ignorance. To deny the possibility of knowing good and bad is to suppress true openness. — Allan Bloom

Heretics are the new leaders. The ones who challenge the status quo, who get out in front of their tribes, who create movements. — Seth Godin

Gravity. It keeps you rooted to the ground. In space, there's not any gravity. You just kind of leave your feet and go floating around. Is that what being in love is like? — John Falsey

I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me. — Dan Hill

Whenever possible, I like to have the supreme head of a company show me over the works. It is extremely illuminating to note the attitude of workers towards their boss, and equally interesting to note the attitude towards the workers. It is tragic to notice how many chief executives of large concerns are absolutely unknown, even by sight, to the rank and file of their workers. — B.C. Forbes

I tug off my glove and reach into my pocket for the Danish I grabbed at breakfast this morning; I hadn't had a chance to eat anything before our early start today. And though I haven't the faintest idea what dogs eat, exactly, I offer the Danish anyway. The dog practically bites off my hand. It chokes down the Danish in two bites and starts licking my fingers, jumping against my chest in excitement, finally plowing into the warmth of my open coat. I can't control the easy laughter that escapes my lips; I don't want to. I haven't felt like laughing in so long. And I can't help but be amazed at the power such small, unassuming animals wield over us; they so easily break down our defenses. I — Tahereh Mafi