Tuipulotu Family Quotes & Sayings

I am the monster, hiding in the darkness, the intruder had whispered. — Sylvain Reynard

My marriage and my families come certainly before my career. — Michael Douglas

Fate cannot be sidestepped or outrun. — Dean Koontz

Power as I possess is not, as many believe, given in exchange for a soul. To hear the ignorant speak, one would think it is merely a simple bargain, an exchange of vows, perhaps, and the power one seeks simply flows from the fingertips for the asking. But no, it is not so easy as that! The truly great gifts are not gifts at all, but treasures obtained after long and difficult searching, prizes won only through hard-fought victories over relentless, near-invincible adversaries. [ ... ]
The ignorant speak of hidden arts, but they are not hidden. Indeed, there is nothing secret about them at all; they are freely open and available to any who would pursue them. Ah, but the price! The price is nothing less than the devotion of an entire life. So perhaps the simple-minded are right, after all, in thinking of the acquisition of power as a pact in which the soul is bartered. There is no other way.
- Morgian — Stephen R. Lawhead

Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty. A programmer who subconsciously views himself as an artist will enjoy what he does and will do it better. — Donald Knuth

You have the Super Soaker filled with holy water?"
"Yeah. I sucked it out of the church. You know that bird-bath thing they got right up front?"
"The baptismal font?"
"That's it. They got it filled with holy water, free for the taking."
"Brilliant," I said to Lula.
She tapped her head with her finger. "No grass growin' here. — Janet Evanovich

C.-C.: Tell me frankly, Kitty, don't you think people make a lot of unnecessary fuss about love?
LADY KITTY: It's the most wonderful thing in the world.
C.-C.: You're incorrigible. Do you really think it was worth sacrificing so much for?
LADY KITTY: My dear Clive, I don't mind telling you that if I had my time over again I should be unfaithful to you, but I should not leave you. — W. Somerset Maugham

The people at the bottom need to know that God loves them, and to not be afraid," Langlois said. "And all of us, priests, bishops, we all should find a way to give the church this mark. — Anonymous

Our brains are bombarded by something like eleven million pieces of data - that is, items in our surroundings that come at all of our senses - at once. Of that, we are able to consciously process only about forty — Anonymous

His eyes flashed open. Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it? — Stephenie Meyer

You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing it very long. — Shel Silverstein

I am my own biggest critic ... I'm constantly criticizing myself, constantly trying to find ways to better myself and ... compete and, you know, just be the best. — Reggie Bush