Trenchcoated Quotes & Sayings

I get called 'controversial' all the time. — Michael Moore

In his sufferings, Job has learned that God is greater than his theology. This is a truth we all need to learn. We tend to think we know how God will act in every situation. And the moment we have God neatly confined in our little theological box. He does something surprising! — Ray C. Stedman

I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better. — Anthony Kiedis

the demons of to day are the gods od yesterday. — Jon Skovron

The chime wasn't the most pleasant sound in the world to wake up to, but Eric had awakened to far worse in the past. Gunfire was always a sure way to go from dead to the world to more alive than you'd ever been, assuming none of the bullets actually struck you. — Evan Currie

[ ... ] almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it. Destiny has no beeper; destiny always leans trenchcoated out of an alley with some sort of 'psst' that you usually can't even hear because you're in such a rush to or from something important you've tried to engineer. — David Foster Wallace

Comedy is all about having a point of view, and it's also about power. — Judy Gold

Furthermore, even these limited accomplishments should be obtained, Barbauld cautioned, "in a quiet and unobserved manner" for the display of knowledge by a woman is "punished with disgrace."6 Besides, the Monthly Review complained in a 1763 review, "intense thought spoils a lady's features."7 — Karen Swallow Prior

Sense of place is the sixth sense, an internal compass and map made by memory and spatial perception together. — Rebecca Solnit

Africans ... their tired. They're tired of being the subject of everybody's charity and care. We are grateful, but we know that we can take charge of our own destinies if we have the will to reform. — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

What you have despised in yourself
as a thorn opens into a rose. — Rumi

I never knew what top golf was like until I turned professional. Then it was too late. — Steve Melnyk

If perfection is absurd, why is tragedy common? — John Most

I need to think about 'Make sure you drink your water.' That's the kind of person I am. — Jon Crosby

All families are happy, all families are alike. — Leo Tolstoy