Translucence Old Quotes & Sayings

It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself. — John Piper

In their beginnings, events preserve the potential that they lose in their completion. Desire prolongs itself so long as it is not achieved. — Edouard Leve

At one moment we deplore our birth and state and aspire to an ascetic exaltation; the next we are overcome by the smell of some old garden path and weep to hear the thrushes sing. — Virginia Woolf

In south west Lancashire, babies don't toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of 'nipping round the blindside'. Rugby league provides our cultural adrenalin. It's a physical manifestation of our rules of life, comradeship, honest endeavour, and a staunch, often ponderous allegiance to fair play. — Colin Welland

And recently, we installed another word in its place which, to their minds, has a wholly positive connotation. We say 'Gluttony'. They say 'Consumerism'. — Geoffrey Wood

I'm in favor of destruction, aggression, hating things. Not bearing things anymore. We think the breakdown comes because our life is in bad shape. But maybe the ideas cause the disorder. Something tries to break through and causes the disorder. — James Hillman

I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. — Ronald Reagan

Your life is a result of the choices you have made. If you don't like your life, start making better choices. — Zig Ziglar

It's like that with what sort of ideas people outside of the band have of HIM. They all see it through a different lens as well which is beautiful. Hopefully, it makes it an endless topic of conversation. — Ville Valo

Bear it in mind that when you have no brand, "no brand" is your brand and that's a negative brand! — Israelmore Ayivor

I absolutely love Ireland. It's one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and I have strong ties here. Both my grandmothers are from Ireland, and I have spent every summer in Bantry since my father, who is an artist, had the romantic idea 20 years ago to buy an old farmhouse on the west coast and renovate it. — Emily Ratajkowski